Sentence examples for if it were posed from inspiring English sources

His team has followed suit, and its interaction with the traffic police earlier in December was a sterling example: his supporters treated the police as if they were cops following actual laws, and answered their question as if it were posed earnestly.

A salient element of the hard incompatibilist view is that the manner in which indeterminism is true (for instance, due to quantum indeterminacies), if it is, poses just as much of a threat to the presumption of free will as determinism would.

If there is a threat, it is posed by our current law, which Campbell and her allies seek to defend – a law that, in effect, condones amateur assistance to die without safeguards in stark contrast to what I and many others want: professional assistance to die with safeguards.

He had routinely rejected questions about the fundraiser for veterans if they were posed in person.

Even if it were, it posed only "a very small threat to animals," Mr. Hollander said.

Earnest and respectful, he considered the question as if it had been posed by a teacher.

Ferrera was then quick to point out how ridiculous the question would be if it had been posed to a white man.

Her hands were posed as if in prayer.

Blackouts signal a new kind of movement and create a certain tension; as the dancers edge nearer to the audience, it's as if they were posing for close-ups.

This would make more sense if Gingrich were posing a serious challenge.

They looked as if they were posing for a yearbook photo.