"As-if belief" may commit one to PNC just as much as actual belief does.
The participants wear crooked little smiles, and look at us conspiratorially, as if, in committing their crimes, they were doing what we secretly want.
An error as to a precedent fact, if committed, deprives the public authority of power to take the action or make the decision in question.
The Hitlers and Stalins of this world are spoken of as 'sick,' as if they committed their evil out of delusion and mental illness.
Rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse are mentioned twice in the bill — once as crimes that could be prosecuted before military tribunals if committed by an "illegal enemy combatant," and once as "grave breaches" of the Geneva Conventions that could be prosecuted as war crimes if committed by an American against a detainee.
If the Knicks ran fast breaks as fast as they make reckless comments, if they were as committed to playing defense as they are to sounding off, there might be a reason to believe that a competitive playoff game will break out Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
They still earn below their male counterparts and they are just as qualified if not more qualified in some instances and also their need to also have to balance career and home-life, which may appear as if they are not as committed to their career.
If they are as committed an employee as you would like them to be, they may have difficulty stepping away from their current duties for a length of time.
"The O.C.C. basically punishes the community banks as if we committed the sins of risky lending that the biggest banks did," Mr. Pierce said.
The judge, Carol Berkman, prodded him: "And you tied a sheet around her neck and strung her up?" "Yes," Mr. Pillco replied, "and I made it look as if she committed suicide on her own".
