Example sentences of "as [subord] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the immune systems of the animals that it may infect , the resultant mutant virus will look as if it is rabies and so will trigger antibodies and generally stimulate immunity against the disease . |
| 2 | It is as if it is walking through a minefield . |
| 3 | Not only is the creature convincingly modelled and animated , but ray tracing and lighting effects are used to give accurate refraction and reflection so that it really does look as if it is made of water . |
| 4 | Slipped in as if it is a mere trifle , a quite exorbitant price ! |
| 5 | It pulls up and rounds out the corners of its mouth , and chomps its teeth together rapidly in an obsequious manner , as if it is saying : ‘ Do n't hurt me , I 'm only a baby ! ’ |
| 6 | Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Each department acts as if it is the purchaser of another department 's production and then ‘ sells ’ on materials that it has processed for the next stage of production . |
| 9 | He holds it away from himself as if it is a mirror , or something equally precious . |
| 10 | Moreover , I believe that few people in this room will step forward to denounce the idea of animal welfare , as if it is a matter of indifference whether an animal 's life is good or bad . |
| 11 | for example , today the Shetland is invariably black-and-white pied , looking as if it is a distorted Friesian ( which it is not ) , but in 1912 its herdbook recorded only a dozen black or black-and-white bulls outnumbered by a score of duns or dun-and-whites , and there were also reds , blues and greys . |
| 12 | Even more insulation is given by looking at all things from the transcendent level , for then each event is looked at as if it is seen through coloured lenses that transfigure it and place it in another dimension and time . |
| 13 | The order for maintenance sounds as if it is something which will be enforced in specie ; yet in fact there is neither good reason to believe this , nor any need for that to be done . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | One kind of stick insect arches its abdomen and makes savage swipes through the air as if it is an attacking scorpion . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Decorate the room with stars as if it is night-time , and have the birthday child as Wee Willie Winkie . |
| 18 | To speak of religion as if it is a ‘ primordial form ’ or an ‘ entity ’ is to hypostasize it . |
| 19 | But if religion is beyond speech or predication as Gandhi affirms , can it be hypostasized , or referred to as if it is a referent ? |
| 20 | And it sounds as if it is the same for you . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Consequently sport is of paramount importance to him and every event has to be approached as if it is the most demanding in his life ; failure is not easily assimilated , as a result . |
| 25 | If one task uses only one input neuron and the other uses the same neuron as part of a pattern of input , then the system responds to activity in that neuron as if it is a part of the larger pattern . |
| 26 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG now looks as if it is right down there in the corporate basket case category : after some three years of substantial losses , Siemens AG chairman Heinrich von Pierer now says that an effort is being made to ensure that its return to profit ‘ does n't take much longer than three years ; ’ its biggest problem is that the pain of customers starting to go stone cold on mainframes has scarcely begun yet in Germany . |
| 27 | The Ottawa , Ontario company looks as if it is beginning to falter by reporting second quarter losses of $1.1m on turnover down by 2% at $30m . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It is a double row of fine , tall and expansive Victorian terraced villas and looks as if it is straight out of London . |
| 30 | This gives the client a mention or two of his product name and , to the listener , it sounds as if it is a live interview at the local radio station . |