Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] as [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says much for the sang-froid of the practised musician that , despite the intrusion of a bomb hoax , both Dame Joan and the orchestra resumed the published programme as if no interruption had occurred . |
| 2 | ( 6 ) Where an award has been given in the absence of a party , the arbitrator shall have power on that party 's application to set the award aside and to order a fresh hearing as if the award were a judgment and the application were made pursuant to Ord 37 , r 2. ( 7 ) With the consent of the parties and at any time before giving his decision and either before or after the hearing , the arbitrator may consult any expert or call for an expert report on any matter in dispute or invite an expert to attend the hearing as assessor . |
| 3 | At the Centre Mondial , it looks to the outside observer as if the problem is reversed . |
| 4 | Marco was stepping over the spasming limb as if the robot was n't there . |
| 5 | The rest of the company listened with simulated interest as if the conversation were a dramatic dialogue provided for their entertainment . |
| 6 | It was a dull , grey day as if the sky was mourning with us . |
| 7 | He was aware of a profoundly warm , placid , peaceful silence as if the house were a happy animal asleep in the sun . |
| 8 | ‘ You have been entrusted into your own keeping as if an orphan had been committed to your trust . |
| 9 | The Squat tugged his flak-jacket straight , brushed dirt off it , combed his gingery beard with his fingers , flicked at his knotted ponytail as if a fly had landed on it . |
| 10 | Many people reacted to certain assertions in our own book as if The Passover Plot , or Graves 's King Jesus , or Moore 's The Brook Kerith — or , for that matter , the Koran itself — had never been written . |
| 11 | ‘ I see nothing humorous in suggesting my query was directed at the waiter , and nothing funny in your eyeing him that way as if the implication were a consideration . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) This section shall apply in the case of a cost-book company as if the company were a partnership within the meaning of this Act . |
| 13 | She offered her cool cheek to him , but her eyes rested on a distant tree as if the kiss had nothing to do with her . |
| 14 | The civil and foreign services treat the whole thing as if a gong is just another perk of the job . |