Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its nervous system is being controlled , as irresistibly as if it were a helpless drug addict , or as if the cuckoo were a scientist plugging electrodes into its brain . |
| 2 | I feel as if I 'm drowning , or as if the room 's closing in on me . |
| 3 | Acceleration may be similarly described as if the velocity is expressed in material coordinates or as if the spatial form is used . |
| 4 | The editing pattern consists of one entry per character position in the destination string : each of these specifies insertion either of a designated character or of the next character from the source string , and this may depend on the sign of the value being converted or on whether the first significant digit has yet been reached . |
| 5 | In any event , in due course a suitable solatium in the form of an apology was offered to Harold Wilson — or at lest a solatium which he regarded as suitable since he possesses the invaluable quality of being able to convince himself of the correctness of whatever he does — and the matter ended . |
| 6 | The argument is likely to be less over the substance of the legislation than over whether the system can be implemented . |
| 7 | So it might seem as if Snow could lie purring in his grave , and as if the two cultures were coming together . |
| 8 | History is taught as if the industrial revolution , the most significant event since the development of agriculture , just happened , simply by the outworking of blind economic forces ; and as if the only people to be consciously aware of it were the aesthetes who reacted against its artifacts , or who , like Karl Marx , sought to analyse those forces and to predict their course . |
| 9 | And as if the elements were ganging up on defenceless human beings , half the neighbourhood around the bridge was woken up at 3 o'clock on the morning of Sunday , 10 March by shouts of ‘ Fire ! ’ as a stable next to Sheppards ' workshops went up in flames . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) below shall apply to licensed canteens , to the holders of licences under this Part of this Act and to their employees and agents as if a licensed canteen were a public house and as if the licence-holder of a canteen were the licence holder of a public house . |
| 11 | They each filled in their respective forms as if the van belonged to the trader and as if the customer wished to acquire the van on hire purchase terms . |
| 12 | ‘ Green Jack , ’ Tallis said to herself , and as if the sound of the fanciful name from folklore had attracted its attention it took a quick , awkward step forward , sinewy body cracking like old wood underfoot . |
| 13 | A similar example of a type of assimilation that has become fixed is the progressive assimilation of voice with the suffixes and ; when a verb carries a third person singular ‘ -s ’ suffix , or a noun carries an ‘ -s ’ plural suffix or an' — ‘ s ’ possessive suffix , that suffix will be pronounced as if the preceding consonant is fortis ( ‘ voiceless ’ ) and as if the preceding consonant is lenis ( ‘ voiced ’ ) , thus : |
| 14 | And carry on just as if er we were proceeding immediately after the proposed excellent introduction and as if the intervening weeks just had n't occurred . |
| 15 | It is purely graphic , as are his subsequent posters , for Eureka Stockade ( 1949 ) , a turbulent scene entirely suitable for a ‘ spectacular drama of Australia 's Gold Rush ’ with its clash between miners and the colonial government , and for Where No Vultures Fly ( 1951 ) which was one of Ealing 's big box-office successes . |
| 16 | It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by the Directors in the preparation of the accounts , and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group 's circumstances , consistently applied and adequately disclosed . |
| 17 | In a non-System V.4 kernel , the original TLI , XTI and Socket lib are replaced by Mentat TLI , XTI and Socket lib , on which runs the Mentat MPS , and under than the Mentat TCP/IP module , XTP module and XNS module , and other protocols . |
| 18 | So this kind of erm interest in children and in whether a couple are able to have children or not is has obviously been lying at the back of his mind has n't he ? |
| 19 | Feminist psychological studies of language concentrate on the effects of words with sex-typed associations ; on whether women and men understand , use and develop language as a whole very differently ; and on whether the language of an investigation affects the results . |
| 20 | Whether it is successful depends on whether there exists an equilibrium of the particular voting process , and on whether the outcome is accepted . |
| 21 | The next stage in promotion is that the agent would normally consult on the content of the proposed order , on the likelihood of opposition to the order , and on whether the Secretary of State would be likely to accede to the powers sought . |
| 22 | To do this the Commission must have regard to barriers to entry likely to deter new market entrants and to whether a result of the merger is likely to be a significant raising of those barriers . |
| 23 | ‘ 1(2) In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold any particular position , regard shall be had to his probity , to his competence and soundness of judgement for fulfilling the responsibilities of that position , to the diligence with which he is fulfilling or likely to fulfil those responsibilities and to whether the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are , or are likely to be , in any way threatened by his holding that position . |
| 24 | They exist in written messages too , where we may be influenced by handwriting or typography , and by whether the message is in an expensive book or on a scrap of paper . |
| 25 | Melissa touched her arm ; still she did not move but as if a tap had been opened , tears spilt from her eyes and began streaming down her face . |
| 26 | But the House of Lords has since made it clear that the scope of judicial review does not depend on any distinction between judicial and administrative functions but on whether the challenged decision affects the applicant 's rights or legitimate expectations and on arguments about the suitability and propriety of judicial review in the circumstances of the case . |
| 27 | The debate has continued ever since on whether the main emphasis should be on their economic or their social role . |
| 28 | As for whether the Tories will win the next election , he added : ‘ If we get the economy right , John Major will be returned . |
| 29 | As for whether the Macintosh will ever oust the PC from the corporate market , well that 's another matter . |
| 30 | As for where the monarchy goes , that matters more . |