Example sentences of "[vb infin] as [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it may appear as if the legitimacy of an authority rests on its greater expertise . |
| 2 | It is not that a major shift is suddenly taking place , although the stock market crash of October 1987 did make people feel as if the ground was unexpectedly moving beneath them . |
| 3 | His head throbbed mightily from the blows he 'd received , and the continuous agony of his burned hand made him feel as if the limb was swelling to gigantic proportions . |
| 4 | Simply plugs into socket and controls any appliance which can be plugged into 13amp socket , to make it look as if a house is occupied . |
| 5 | TO overstate the attendance is both a good public relations exercise — making it look as if a team is better-supported than it is — and a possible outlet for laundering ‘ dirty money . ’ |
| 6 | By the Thursday night , she was getting tired and it did n't look as if the try-out week was going to be a success . |
| 7 | The good news is there 's some doubt , but it does n't look as if the bone marrow is affected yet . ’ |
| 8 | KITS needed much more of her attention than it had been getting recently , and was now in a disturbing financial position : it did n't look as if the company would make a profit in 1966 . |
| 9 | Fortunately it does n't look as if the sergeant is going to put me behind bars today ! ’ |
| 10 | The transcription makes it look as if the difference between these words was clear ; it is not . |
| 11 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 12 | The tax consequences will , broadly , flow as if the settlement had simply lent or advanced monies to the settlor . |
| 13 | Where the action is for unliquidated damages and the defendant delivers an admission of liability for the claim but disputes or does not admit the amount of the plaintiff 's dam ages , then : ( 1 ) if the defendant offers to pay in satisfaction of the claim a specific sum which the plaintiff accepts , the provisions of this rule shall apply as if the defendant had admitted part of the plaintiff 's claim ; and ( 2 ) in any other case , the plaintiff may apply to the court for such judgment as he may be entitled to upon the admission , and the court may give such judgment , including interlocutory judgment for damages to be assessed and costs , or make such other order on the application as it thinks just . |
| 14 | Despite his sharply critical memoranda on Britain in 1965 and 1966 , he could write as if the relationship were still at its peak : [ The British and Americans ] to an exceptional degree , … look out on the world through similarly refracted spectacles . |
| 15 | He 'll try to make it seem as if the change — the strengthening of their position — comes from within the Ping Tiao . ’ |
| 16 | For men , it can seem as if the reverse is true . |
| 17 | The repetitive , uniform appearance of the soldier-like trees made it seem as if the car was scarcely moving , and their silent , gloomy shade gradually eased the tension created inside the Citron by the earlier near-accident . |
| 18 | She will recognize your being , and it may seem as if the light she is shining is a cold one at times . |
| 19 | Admittedly , we do sometimes talk as if a person could have a pain in his foot and be unaware of it , perhaps while his attention is on something else , but this is explained by there being different levels of consciousness , or self-consciousness , in the mind ; it does not require our saying that pains have the same sort of mind-independent existence as tables . |