Sentence examples for as if to preserve from inspiring English sources

Most previous portraits of Hughes had tiptoed around the question of his sexual orientation, as if to preserve the integrity of an icon.

As if to preserve Corrine's illusion of her youthfulness, she still moved and dressed like a teenager, and had the body to carry it off.

Bolt took his time arriving in the tunnel to greet the press, which resorted to filming its own scrum with mounting impatience, as if to preserve the blessed indignity of waiting on a man who has announced in advance that he plans to declare himself a living legend.

It's shot in slow motion, as if to preserve that idyllic, precious moment in time, before the screen fades to black.

And if that were the case, would people be as keen to preserve it as they are now?

That consequence would be tolerable if necessary to preserve.

Even if there is some truth to that, Hilsberg's existence, as well as his current work, help to preserve music as a cultural asset.

It's almost as if the goal was to preserve the legal fiction that was terra nullius – that the landmass of Australia was empty when the British arrived".

Someone has left, and there is a vibrancy in her voice that makes it sound as if she is managing to preserve herself, though part of her feels the loss.

The Spanish team looked as if they were desperate to preserve what they had rather than gamble on winning the race, with Quintana leaving his attacks until late in Friday's and Saturday's stages.

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