Example sentences of "as if [art] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | as if a diary redeemed the time |
2 | Control panels bristled with up to thirty-five switches and buttons as if the housewife-technologist required the skills of an airline pilot . |
3 | This kind of melodic doubling often occurred in old operas , as if the composer felt the voice needed support . |
4 | We act as if the anti-Semitism comprehended the Fascism — which would be true only if all Fascists were anti-Semites ( they are n't ) , and if all anti-Semites were Fascists ( even less true ) . |
5 | It is almost as if the man assigned the task has been chosen by lot , except that the drawing seems to have been fixed . |
6 | Second , the judicial powers of the Council were greater in practice than the official limit , a five-hundred-drachma fine : Aristophanes speaks as if the proposal to execute the poet Euripides was a Council matter ( Thesmophoriazusai 1.79 ) , and in the 360s the Council put to death a political assassin on the island of Keos ( Tod 142 = HD 55 ) . |
7 | It 's as if the tube sucked the sunlight out of them . |
8 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
9 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
10 | When they come out of the water , it is as if the mikva represents the womb and they are reborn . |
11 | Surprisingly little drink was enough to intoxicate him but it seemed as if the wine released the power in him . |
12 | It is as if the soldier writing the poem is reflecting on his friend 's death , and the sadness and tenderness become anger and bitterness . |
13 | In effect , it is as if the woman making the bar magnets suddenly realized that there were more questions to be asked about her job ; that pressing the button was not really much of an answer to the question ‘ How do you make magnets ? ’ |