Example sentences of "[adv] as [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a short while before that , while one of them was getting some tools or something from the van , a car drove past quite slowly as if the driver was looking for somewhere . |
| 2 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 3 | It is rather as if a burglar , when sued for the recovery of the stolen property or its value , sought contribution from a security guard who , by falling asleep while on duty , had made the burglary possible . |
| 4 | ‘ What 's this , Sep ? ’ said Tom Tedder , coming in from his last class , and acting rather as if a load was now off his mind , or as if he was trying to conceal one . |
| 5 | It was rather as if the author — for all the breadth of his experience which he was constantly insisting upon — had never quite grown up . |
| 6 | The man examined the card quizzically as if the rectangle of plastic was a conundrum . |
| 7 | His very own face frowned back at him doubtfully as if a homunculus was imprisoned in the card , a mute model of himself . |
| 8 | She used to look me up and down as if the Brownie uniform was really nothing to get excited about , and say smugly , ‘ Rainbows wear green Nuforms ! ’ |
| 9 | She flung herself across the room , beating helplessly on the door , whispering his name over and over as if the force of her desire would bring him back . |
| 10 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
| 11 | If electrons are sent through the slits one at a time , one would expect each to pass through one slit or the other , and so behave just as if the slit it passed through were the only one there — giving a uniform distribution on the screen . |
| 12 | She gasped , just as if the water had hit her in the chest . |
| 13 | The word is stressed just as if the affix was not there ( e.g. ‘ pleasant ’ , ‘ unpleasant ’ ; ‘ market ’ , ‘ marketing ’ ) |
| 14 | Otherwise the War Wagon is moved as indicated and if it collides with troops it comes to a halt and a round of hand-to-hand combat follows just as if the War Wagon had charged . |
| 15 | With her little black broom in her hand , Angela danced gaily out of the tent , and she looked just as if the Gnome on her Brownie uniform had come to life ! |
| 16 | Then , just as if the world had frozen and stopped for a moment , she saw the woman in the driving seat , face white , eyes glassy with shock , the mouth stretched in a grimace which looked like terror . |
| 17 | ( 6 ) The provisions of this Act and of any byelaws or regulations made thereunder , other than provisions relating to permitted hours , shall apply to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 1 ) above as if the sale took place on licensed premises and to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 2 ) above as if the sale took place in the registered club . |
| 18 | ( 6 ) The provisions of this Act and of any byelaws or regulations made thereunder , other than provisions relating to permitted hours , shall apply to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 1 ) above as if the sale took place on licensed premises and to the sale of alcoholic liquor under subsection ( 2 ) above as if the sale took place in the registered club . |
| 19 | It 's not as if the contribution of Labour Councillors to th to the management of Health Authorities has been very er productive . |
| 20 | It is not as if the blame was being placed on Labour counties , for in only one case where a Conservative or hung district had a poll tax of over £400 ( Derby ) did Labour control the county . |
| 21 | It 's not as if the evidence was n't hefty enough — there 's an endless list of drugs and substances which show how results ca n't be extrapolated across species barriers . |
| 22 | It is not as if the Home Secretary had not been warned . |
| 23 | What I need is a couple of hours ’ peace and quiet and I 'll be fine for the presentation tomorrow — besides , ’ she added persuasively , ‘ it 's not as if the party was being thrown for us . |
| 24 | It is not as if the Administration really believes that any more . |
| 25 | It 's not as if the regulation colours are practical . |
| 26 | It 's not as if the house is terribly old or any thing that the plasters , even . |
| 27 | They recoil away as if the intruder were unpleasant to them — something more than simply shading them from sunlight . |
| 28 | Now , if you see a ploughed field today , it looks exactly as if a lot of pigs have been a-hoggin' and a-rootin' on it up . ’ |
| 29 | This additional angular motion imposed by the field is quantised , exactly as if the electron was constrained in an orbit around an atom . |
| 30 | It was looking more and more as if the source might be Nazi Intelligence . |