The phrase "as if it reflected" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a situation or feeling that seems to mirror or represent something else, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The calm surface of the lake was as if it reflected the tranquility of the surrounding forest."
Alternatives: "as though it mirrored" or "as if it showed".
One is the fundamental attribution error – the tendency to regard (and respond to) other people's behavior as if it reflected only their personality and values, when what they do or say may be triggered by circumstance.
One is the fundamental attribution error the tendency to regard (and respond to) other people's behavior as if it reflected only their personality and values, when what they do and say may actually be triggered by circumstance.
This is a theoretical exercise using no field inventory data; rather all values are extracted from the carbon map as if it reflected reality.
Secondly, one could argue (see Harris 1977) that the sovereign is best understood as a constructive metaphor: that law should be viewed as if it reflected the view of a single will (a similar view, that law should be interpreted as if it derived from a single will, can be found in Ronald Dworkin's work (1986: pp. 176 190)).
In 2007, she told The Times that "I had a great family life I would never want it to look as if it reflected on them.
Other people force unattainable tasks upon themselves, personalize a situation or attach labels to themselves as if it reflects who they actually are.
A pigment is defined as UVR bright if it reflects more UV than the AIC target N8 patch, i.e. its RGB > 60. Figure 5 Lithopone and titanium white swatches respectively reflect and absorb UV light.
The reflected signal's polarization appeared as if it had reflected from radar-permeable ice rather than rock.
"Infernal Affairs," being shown tonight at 6 at the Walter Reade Theater as part of the New Directors/New Films series, is so beautifully shot that the images occasionally distract you from the condensed policier plot; the cinematography by Andrew Lau (who is also co-director with Alan Mak) almost looks as if it's reflected off a sheet of silver.
Since palindromes are words that are spelled the same way forwards and backwards, DJ Palindrome's logo might look like this: PalindromemordnilaP — basically, as if it's reflected in a mirror.
My only serious comment would be that the authors refer to species' taxonomy as if it perfectly reflects species' phylogeny (e.g. the end of the first paragraph in the introduction and the first paragraph in the section "retrieve higher taxonomic names").
