Example sentences of "is [prep] [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if he had spent several weeks at the headquarters of MI6 learning the techniques of counter-interrogation . |
| 2 | Every moment then has significance and an aura of delight surrounds everything and it is as if he had found a rare wellbeing and joy . |
| 3 | It is as if he glimpses absolute Truth in and through particular instances of truth . |
| 4 | ‘ It is as if he touched his harp within a vase of liquid melody , and when he lifted it out , the notes fell like bubbles from the trembling strings … |
| 5 | Campbell is not saying that Christ takes our sin upon himself but he identifies so closely with us that it is as if he makes our confession and is thus separated from the presence of God for us . |
| 6 | It is as if he gave them up for dead when they left Shiloh . |
| 7 | When a poet is nearing the creation of a new image , it is as if he stands with stout Cortes : |
| 8 | This perhaps represents Owen 's line of thought with him becoming more and more emotional to the middles of the verse , reaching climaxes and then , as it is as if he questions this freely running thought process , and he limits himself to so much emotion by the end of each verse . |
| 9 | When the human voyager has freed himself from his fears and accomplished all his physiological needs , it is as if he has climbed out of a deep pit and reached the top of a high hill from where he sees a vast land stretching in every direction . |