Example sentences of "as [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It begins to look as if what is exhausting is not the amount of work per se , but the lack of clear values to underpin it and the consequent lack of regular enjoyment and true satisfaction that arise from it . |
| 2 | At times we feel as if everything is getting on top of us ’ . ’ |
| 3 | It is as if one is seeking to give an answer to the question : What advantage does morality bring ? |
| 4 | In this calculus one combines functions as if one is dealing with algebraic quantities . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's as if everyone is waiting for something , is n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | Compared to the highly controversial solution Telecom is going for , it looks as if there is going to be a difference of about £17m between locating at Montrose House and building on the Ballsbridge site . |
| 7 | It 's as if she is conducting an experiment , with herself as one of the ingredients . |
| 8 | It feels as if she is reading everything out , even when it is spontaneous . |
| 9 | At times , it is almost as if she is trying to emulate the star-studded image of Suzanne Lenglen , which she clearly admires so much . |
| 10 | She feels as if she is negotiating the entrails of the city in the slow , peristaltic procession . |
| 11 | Because it is the mating act in cats that induces ovulation , it is possible in this way to start the female cat 's ovulation as if she is carrying male sperm . |
| 12 | It does n't sound as if she is going to come round , so he wo n't have to do anything . ’ |
| 13 | The ballerina here is cleverly perched on a matchbox so that she looks as if she is standing up , but you might find it easier to omit her feet and just stand her flat on the cake board . |
| 14 | Note the lively sculpture of the roof line , one figure looking as if he is smoking a hubble-bubble or earning his living as a snake charmer : in fact he is a fireman ! |
| 15 | His response to this problem is to grip the kitten 's neck tighter and tighter , as if he is dealing with an awkward adult mate . |
| 16 | His eyes are fixed on hers as if he is trying to outstare her . |
| 17 | ‘ He certainly does n't look as if he is enjoying himself much . ’ |
| 18 | The narrative base to this section ( Sukenick 's visit to Israel ) represents a journey to a country of spiritual origins as if he is seeking a lost unity antecedent to the modern state of division . |
| 19 | These pictures , rarely cordial , have become more and more baleful : it is as if he is holding himself back from physical assault on a reader supposed to be a trendy and a lefty , which is , indeed , what many of his readers have always been . |
| 20 | He tries to look as if he is considering the fairness of the price , but while he hesitates his head has started nodding . |
| 21 | In this case the instructor brings the aircraft to a stall and applies full rudder as if he is going to spin . |
| 22 | It looks as if he is going to hold Normandy . |
| 23 | Yeah , well , you see , but if he , the thing is , if he , he , he seems as if he is carrying a weight , a terrible weight all the time |
| 24 | He seems most himself when snarling like a caged animal , droning and whining like a buzz saw , hacking at his guitar as if he is chopping wood . |
| 25 | A person who has a migraine or who has been spinning round and round , may feel as if he is reeling over , although there is no movement to be seen by people watching him . |
| 26 | are less bitter and more as if he is reasoning with the sun or with fate , saying ‘ If the sun can make a whole plant grown from a little seed , or even create life on a dead planet , why can it not arouse my friend ? ’ |
| 27 | Sixty-seven of them and you get sick at the sixty-eighth ’ , it is as if he is saying it to us over his shoulder as he bends down to examine another body . |
| 28 | It acts as if it is looking after all our interests in ways too subtle and refined for us to understand . |
| 29 | A horse standing perfectly in the show ring , with its ears nicely pricked , may indicate that it is cross by pressing its lips tightly together , as if it is refusing some nasty-tasting medicine . |
| 30 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |