Sentence examples for built as if from inspiring English sources

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.

And the blurb tells us the AR Plus 4 is "hand built", as if other Morgans were assembled by robots or a host of trained dolphins.

RT @Rasiej: @cshirky mentions @homicidewatch an amazing journalistic platform built"As if the net existed"#activatenyc12 — Scott Stadum (@ScottinDC) May 3, 2012 "They've taken the risk out of the equation".

RT @Rasiej: @cshirky mentions @homicidewatch an amazing journalistic platform built"As if the net existed"#activatenyc12 — Scott Stadum (@ScottinDC) May 3, 2012 But "for the news industry defending against past mistakes produces future mistakes", Shirky says, because that industry isn't the same anymore.

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.

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.