Sentence examples for build as if from inspiring English sources

Now we build as if it were only the first.

New Yorkers used to build as if every tower were the last.

"He was particularly suited for the role, you know, with his strong shoulders and build, as if it was written for him," Mukerji said.

If we continue to design and build as if the planet can provide unlimited resources, then this near-doubling of the urban population will mean a doubling of the natural resources required to build and operate our cities – which is not sustainable.

Bill had a white military-style brush cut and a linebacker build, as if someone had squeezed the bulk of him up from his combat boots and legs into his mighty chest.

McCloud is not interested in the idea of the makeover, or of simply throwing a lot of money at a new build as if it were some trophy or status symbol.

He told Andrew Marr earlier this month that people "can have a real future" in the new housing he plans to build: as well they might, if they weren't about to lose their right to secure tenancies and cheap rents.

Developers could be eligible for incentives that would allow them to build as high as 75 floors if low-income housing is included in the project, he said.

But it built as if it did.

The Stuyvesant, which unfortunately has been demolished, was built as if it were a row of four row houses.

Cornelius Vanderbilt II was living in the largest private residence ever seen in Manhattan, a chateau built as if it sat alongside the Loire, instead of Fifth Avenue.