Example sentences of "as if it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It looks as if it is probably down to the two of us , ’ said Grindley . |
2 | After about five minutes you may need to change the blotters but , eventually , when it looks as if it is not going to curl , you can remove the weight and let it air dry . |
3 | as if it is not natural not to stand |
4 | If you do not have the luxury of a dining room used just for dining — and most of us do not , the trick is to make your dining table look as if it is not a dining table most of the time . |
5 | There is a smaller bedroom and a tiny , suspiciously tidy kitchen , which looks as if it is not often used . |
6 | If the parent bird is aquatic and is making its display on water , it may turn on its side , flap one wing awkwardly in the air and paddle itself in a circle as if it is hopelessly crippled . |
7 | Though at any given amount it looks as if it is n't going anywhere , it 's always on the move , lumbering from crisis to crisis . |
8 | Please could you confirm this is all OK , as if it is n't I shall be looking around for other people as my financial situation gets monthly more worrying ! |
9 | I like a picture to be fairly full as if it is too empty it can become boring to look at after a few months , but it is very easy to get carried away with all your lovely pressed flowers and try to fit them all into one picture — using too many flowers looks just as bad as not using enough . |
10 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
11 | While people may even find themselves avoiding others who would be understanding , precisely because their concern may threaten to breach fragile defences and bring on the ‘ crack-up ’ that feels as if it is only just being fended off , as it is . |
12 | ‘ You talk as if desire were one-sided , ’ he countered softly , ‘ as if it is only I who wants you . |
13 | And so , parents that may be listening , it sounds as if it 's up to you to provide the basic training to enable the schools to do their part . |
14 | ‘ So often people criticise others for wanting to do things which are a little bit different as if it 's wrong not to do things like everyone else does . |
15 | That 's sounds as if it 's pretty cheap . |
16 | It 's so weird though , cos The Rising Sun , it 's not as if it 's not central , |
17 | Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses . |
18 | as if it 's just over the horizon , waiting to happen to me , as weird and wonderful as all the things that happened last autumn . |
19 | ‘ It looks as if it 's just starting up , ’ he said as the sound of pop music drifted towards them . |
20 | Yeah by D X otherwise it looks as if it 's just D Y |
21 | Sounds as if it 's just above us |
22 | I hide my sticky hand behind me , as if it 's brightly stained . |
23 | you know it 's almost as if it 's like er you know a sort of negative thing to , to , to find out about somebody erm so erm yeah I mean I think I , so I think you 'll , I think you 'll , you 'll of necessity have to try and do something which captures this , this sort of informal talk because as soon as people commit themselves to writing they 're gon na be erm they 're gon na be |
24 | It 's as if it 's too powerful for choreographers to cope with . |
25 | I feel as if it 's really deep , |
26 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
27 | Cos it sounds as if it 's really good ! |
28 | Does n't look as if it 's quite full yet . ’ |
29 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
30 | ‘ Look , ’ said Derek , ‘ it 's not even as if it 's very far away . |