Example sentences of "as [subord] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 2 | This gives no action to Titius , but the SC allows it to be treated as if it read fidei tuae committo ut Titio hereditatem restituas . |
| 3 | Sometimes they approach language as if it expresses power relations and subjectivity directly , and originates from the very autonomous , fixed subjects whose existence they are challenging . |
| 4 | This fact is used as if it constituted evidence against the theories that those chemists are trying to test . |
| 5 | By taxing or subsidizing goods that involve externalities , the government can induce the private sector to behave as if it takes account of the externality , thus eliminating the deadweight burden arising from the misallocation induced by the externality distortion . |
| 6 | And so warm , if felt as if it had substance . |
| 7 | The letter was waiting , lying in her pocket in a demanding way as if it had control of her . |
| 8 | Then it would presumably spot some potential prey and come to a standstill in mid-air as if it had brakes . |
| 9 | ‘ This is because ’ , Emil said , as if it clinched matters , which it did , ‘ Angus and his company have designed le menu and provided the food . ’ |
| 10 | Fitzormonde stepped away and the bear went back to its meal , shuffling its food into a dirty untidy pile as if it suspected Fitzormonde would like to take it away . |
| 11 | She parked , suddenly chill , picked up her bag as if it held eggshells . |
| 12 | To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised . |
| 13 | The , and here 's the clever bit , I roll each chunk in chopped fresh herbs , usually parsley , thyme and a little tarragon so that the outside edge looks as if it has moss growing on it . |