Sentence examples for as if the basic from inspiring English sources

6 Far and away the poshest thing you can do is wilfully mispronounce your surname, as if the basic rules of vowels, consonants and syllables simply didn't apply to you, and then oblige strangers to follow your lead.

And with the left already outnumbered five to four on the Roberts court, liberals are feeling no small amount of trepidation heading into this period, as if the basic tenets of compassionate governance could be brought low.

People feel as if the basic deal that has been at the heart of our society for decades – that fair work should get fair rewards, that everyone should get a decent chance at life, and that everyone should have the power to change their lives – has broken.

Teach him tricks as well as the basic commands (if it he still in his learning stage).

"Change has come slowly on our menu and frankly, my view has always been that if the basic meal is as popular as ever, why change?" said Frank.

There might be danger in heavily relying on analogy as a prediction method because, if the basic premise is false, the entire scheme will fall apart.

"Our dream was that humanitarian aid workers would enjoy international protection," said Dana, one of our partners, as if this basic demand that is enshrined in international humanitarian law is a utopian one.

Joseph Raz has called these kinds of statements "detached normative statements"; the anarchist argues as if she endorses the basic norm, without actually endorsing it.

Anarchism is understood here precisely as a rejection of the normative validity of law; however, even the anarchist can make an argument about what the law in this or that context requires; and when she makes such an argument, she must presuppose the legal point of view, she must argue as if she endorses the basic norm of the relevant legal system.

In such a case, the priest must argue as if he endorses the basic norm of Jewish Law, but of course, being a Catholic, he does not really endorse it, it does not reflect his own views about what is right and wrong (Raz 1979, 153 157).

As ever, the basic rule remains: if you don't want people to talk about you biting Giorgio Chiellini, don't bite Giorgio Chiellini.