Example sentences of "[noun] as [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They snap their fingers as if the world is their wine-waiter . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I love Harvey , ’ and little noises came out of the sphere of hair as if a canary was eating a hearty meal of seeds . |
| 4 | You fitted into my heart as if a space had always been there waiting . ’ |
| 5 | There is a ( real ) wooden floor which looks bewildering ; the grain and ring patterns in the wood look as if the wood was a liquid oil , allowed to run and then dry . |
| 6 | Where the holder of a canteen licence ceases to manage the canteen , the person who is in charge for the time being can , for a period of 14 days from the date " when the holder ceased to be manager , sell liquor as if the licence had been transferred to him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to get pictures as if the horse is about to blink or breathe , the nostrils about to expand or contract , the legs about to break into a trot or canter . ’ |
| 9 | John twitched his great shoulders as if a wasp had landed on them . |
| 10 | He was scraping the mud of the streets off his boots and dusting down his shoulders as if the rain itself might be contaminated . |
| 11 | She rummaged frantically in her handbag as if the key were a vital clue , its loss disastrous , seeing in imagination a phalanx of accusing eyes , the police demanding she account for it , Father Barnes 's tired and dispirited face . |
| 12 | By the Adoption Act 1958 , property of adopter and adoptee is to devolve in all respects as if the adoptee were the child of the adopter , born in lawful wedlock . |
| 13 | The deed of variation will have the effect as if the will of the deceased had the same terms as the deed of variation ( IHTA 1984 , s142 ) . |
| 14 | President Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria said that Africa had failed to meet its challenges : " Ever since the majority of our countries became independent in the 1960s we have conducted our lives as if the world owes us a living . " |
| 15 | ( 2 ) Where the Council has within three months beginning with the date when an application for recognition was received by the Council neither granted nor refused recognition , an appeal to the Master of the Rolls may be brought under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act as if the application had been refused by the Council . |
| 16 | The legislation embodies numerous illogicalities and anomalies , including the double capital tax charge on gifts made within seven years before death , the taxation of some settlements as if no interest in possession exist when , in fact , they do , and the effect of the ‘ pooling ’ rules for shares etc , which can result in a chargeable gain which greatly exceeds the actual gain on a disposal of a recently acquired holding , eg on a rights issue . |
| 17 | ‘ They can not pass off the blame as if the order to close these homes came directly from Whitehall , ’ said Mr Bergg , a member of Great Aycliffe Town Council . |
| 18 | The position is the same if the offender is committed for some offences under Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.38 and for some under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 ; the restrictions in Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 have no application to the offences subject to committal under section 38 , as the Crown Court can sentence for those offences as if the offender has just been convicted of them on indictment , but do apply to the offences committed under section 56 . |
| 19 | ‘ You have been entrusted into your own keeping as if an orphan had been committed to your trust . |
| 20 | From membership as if the club were full . |
| 21 | To the group of accountants at each location , it looks to all intents and purposes as if the group has its own system . |
| 22 | ‘ Scope ? ’ echoed Lady Selvedge as if the word were unfamiliar to her . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He wrinkled his nose as if the smell was still in his nostrils . |
| 25 | • for the part of the payment between the exempt amount and £50,000 , first calculate your income tax as if this part were included in your income and then your tax as if it were not ; the relief on this part is half the difference ; • for the part between £50,000 and £75,000 , first calculate your tax as if the part between the exempt amount and £75,000 were included in your income , and then your tax as if only the part between the exempt amount and £50,000 were included ; the relief on this part is 25 per cent of the difference ; |
| 26 | It seems for a moment as if the world is peopled only by this god and this moon , facing each other through the aeons of the night . |
| 27 | ( 1 ) Sections 45 to 50 of the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 ( which provide for payment of allowances to members of local authorities and other bodies ) shall apply with any necessary modifications to members of licensing boards as if the licensing boards were local authorities . |
| 28 | This proves the promoter 's confidence that every ticket will be sold , committing him or her to paying the artist a fee as if the event is a sell-out , however many people actually attend the gig . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's a fresh mark in the wall as if an axe has been swung against it . |
| 30 | Night patrols over the front sometimes had in sight the lights both of their own base and of enemy airhelds , glowing in the distance as if the soil had been smeared with phosphorus . |