Example sentences of "as if [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if lax regulations are not enough consumers put themselves at risk by careless use of refrigerators and microwaves . |
| 2 | He paused as if inviting comment but then , when Gina remained silent , her expressive face betraying her thoughts without need of speech , resumed in a softer tone . |
| 3 | He turned his head painfully , like an arthritic patient , as if inviting Dalgliesh to buy a copy . |
| 4 | It is as if all plans for radical reform ( and it must be remembered that the new media bring about substantial structural reforms to broadcasting ) can not be contemplated ; although , in fact , what is missing is a coherent argument for the preservation of the existing system . |
| 5 | Trusts are a particular object of attack , as if all trusts had as their purpose the aim of tax avoidance . |
| 6 | Randall is one of those big beefy characters who look as if all brains are in their knuckles . |
| 7 | You know that Gillian 's father decamped with a nereid when his daughter was as yet but ten , or twelve , or fifteen or something — at what is falsely termed ‘ an impressionable age ’ , as if all ages were not so characterisable . |
| 8 | ‘ I heard a clip of John Smith saying pensioners would be better off , as if all pensioners would be better off . |
| 9 | ( The mildly mathematically-minded reader will appreciate that if only four genes are considered , each providing a simple alternative — as if all children were blue eyed or brown eyed with no other variation — the number of individuals of different characteristics possible would be 27 . |
| 10 | He could neither move nor think , as if all power had at a stroke been cut off from both body and brain . |
| 11 | It looked as if all traces of the cluttered , lived-in , homey kitchen , the heart and hearth of the home , had gone for ever . |
| 12 | It was as if all Australia had heard the interview . |
| 13 | It was as if all Scots wore the kilt , or all Cockneys dressed as Pearlies . |
| 14 | It was as if all creation conspired here to show people the mystery and the marvel of love . |
| 15 | ( 1 ) Where the holder of a licence under this Part of this Act subsequently ceases to be the manager of the canteen , the person for the time being in charge of the canteen may , during the period of 14 days from the date on which the holder of the licence ceased to be the manager , sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen as if that licence had been transferred to him . |
| 16 | Below , the surge was growing ever denser as if that river had met a dam ahead . |
| 17 | Rohmer seized him by the throat to restrain him , as if Gilbert 's physical resistance was also some kind of intellectual resistance to what he was saying ; as if that grip could force Gilbert to see sense . |
| 18 | As he gave out his text , his voice rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes , ’ and when he came to the two last words , which he pronounced loud , deep , and distinct , it seemed to me , who was then young , as if the sounds had echoed from the bottom of the human heart , and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe . |
| 19 | She had somehow forgotten about it too , as if that man in the car were a different person . |
| 20 | as if that quest were not macabre enough in itself , I went as if under some sort of malediction . |
| 21 | as if that kind of world were possible or real , he sat down at his desk and wrote cheques for the bills . |
| 22 | It just sucked them in as if that wall was made of … mud or something . |
| 23 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 24 | As one person put it , ‘ The only ones who knew me from the time I was born have gone , and it 's almost as if that period in my life is less real now that there is no one left alive who shared it with me . ’ |
| 25 | It is not as if that period was a failure in terms of personal relationships but it was very hard work to build up those relationships . |
| 26 | It was as if that picture were telling me Everything is sculpture . ’ |
| 27 | Lucy was her immaculate self at work in the morning ; they had a drink in the pub , and it was as if that evening , the story , the kiss , the flowers , had not been . |
| 28 | The shock seemed to travel through the entire tree , as if that drop , that weight , that terrible dry snap became a tremor in the tap root , as if it bled into the sap . |
| 29 | It now looks as if that safety net is never going to be needed . |
| 30 | It is inefficient to treat other markets as if that distortion did not exist . |