Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is to provide that the rent shall be calculated as if the index had not been adjusted . |
| 2 | In the mid-third century Bishop Stephen of Rome asserted that all should observe the tradition of Peter and Paul : viz. those baptized outside the church by schismatic clergy should be readmitted as penitents by imposition of hands , but not treated as if the majesty of Christ 's name had never been pronounced . |
| 3 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 4 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 5 | She 'd found no sign of life anywhere on her travels , no supporting staff , though the house and gardens looked as if an army of faithful family retainers had slaved there for centuries . |
| 6 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 7 | Everything seemed to be going well , and it must have looked as if the weight of Galileo and the rest of the scientific world might succeed and get a thorough revision of orthodox science . |
| 8 | The windows , black as pitch , were streaming with water , and from time to time doors and windows rattled as if the cottage were under attack . |
| 9 | He looked so dejected , Alice 's heart twisted as if the pain were her own . |
| 10 | They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ? |
| 11 | The fieldwork was conducted during the period July 1 941 — September 1943 but the book is written as if the culture of " West Town " was timeless and entirely unaffected by the chaos of the surrounding political situation . |
| 12 | Now I think that the woman lawyer has been foregrounded as if the law actually does have a part to play . |
| 13 | The clergy of Marseilles were overjoyed and acted as if the bishop was already dead : they took an inventory of the church plate , as was required by the canons on the death of a bishop . |
| 14 | He had completed another revolution of the prescribed path , and the man still stood and stared at the fences , and his shoulders were not hunched as if the cold no longer concerned him . |
| 15 | UK Corporation tax and other overseas taxes are to be provided as if the completion account date was an accounting period date with the relevant tax rules apportioned in the ratio of the period from [ date , 19XX ] to completion , to the whole year . |
| 16 | UK Corporation tax and other overseas taxes are to be provided as if the completion account date was an accounting period date with the relevant tax rules apportioned in the ratio of the period from [ date , 19XX ] to completion , to the whole year . |
| 17 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 18 | Dalgliesh wondered why it was that , when walking towards the sea , there came a moment when its roar suddenly increased as if a menace , quiescent and benign , had suddenly realized and gathered up its power . |
| 19 | In the stillness of the empty church , the words echoed and re-echoed as if every rafter vibrated in sympathy . |
| 20 | Herluin , when finally he did touch , touched as if the vellum might burn him , timidly and convulsively , and even when he had the book open , for better or worse , agonized a few moments over where to choose on the page , shifting from recto to verso and back again before settling . |
| 21 | The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off . |
| 22 | However , where the lease contains a reservation in favour of the landlord it is construed as if the right reserved had been granted to the landlord by the tenant . |
| 23 | Text is input as if the user was using a word processing program and files from VIEW or WORDWISE can be incorporated . |
| 24 | This was followed by a wedding staged as if the Bride and Groom were being manipulated as puppets by a group of servants , a particular japanese theatrical tradition . |
| 25 | The purchaser will not necessarily wish to be paid as if the income had been taxed . |
| 26 | Acceleration may be similarly described as if the velocity is expressed in material coordinates or as if the spatial form is used . |