Sentence examples for as if it were so from inspiring English sources

The phrase "as if it were so" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to express a hypothetical situation or to indicate that something is being treated as true, even if it may not be. Example: "He spoke about the project as if it were so, despite the lack of evidence."

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But the moon never was made of mother-of-pearl, and it still shines as if it were so made".

As if it were so easy to find a job with decent hours that would pay me more than $3.28 an hour.

Seems affronted by the fact that people are surprised and dismayed by it every year (as if it were so wrong to expect Winter to dial it back a bit this time around).

Shaw marveled at their courage as they marched "straight up into the shower of bullets, as if it were so much rain; men, who until this year, had lived lives of perfect ease and luxury".

With 170 kilograms (375 pounds) balanced precariously above him, he looked left, looked right, then snapped his head to center, looking out at the crowd and laughing as if it were so easy.

And filmmaking, as practiced by Mr. Malkovich's Murnau in "Shadow of the Vampire," is no less ruthless, mowing over the resistance of 'real life' as if it were so much hot air, actively seeking the demonic at whatever cost.

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"Everyone is talking about it as if it was so terrible," she said, referring to the incident at Scott's.

What mystified staffers was the erection of a partition dividing the office during Fabulous's gestation, as if it was so original it needed to be top-secret.

Rowlands admits he was "really good looking" almost offhandedly — as if it's so obvious it doesn't even need to be explained.

The undersecretary for defence personnel, Anna Soubry, was once a presenter of Granada's This Morning … The list is probably not endless, but it is beginning to feel as if it is, so let's stop here.

Every TV chef and entertaining expert, it seems, tosses off casual mentions of roast chicken as if it's so obvious, so simple, so effortless, the little black dress of dinner-making.

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