Sentences with phrase «as if these things»

The jump in savings around 2008 made it appear as if things were heading in a new direction, but consumers failed to maintain that same level of fiscal constraint.

«It's ticking along as if things haven't changed demographically in 50 years,» Finley said in February.

There was a sense of disintegration in the air of the Church - as if things were somehow falling apart, even though it was still possible to rally large numbers to St Peter «sSquare to observe the white smoke coming out of the chimney and to cheer the new Pope as he arrived on the balcony.

What I find amazing is that they are able to rationalize their belief in myths and fables, as if those things are really true, by citing scientific findings, which are the exact opposite from faith - based beliefs.

And you go, but even while on vacation, you feel as if things just aren't right.

Faith is not, in the ordinary sense, knowledge, and it is futile and dishonest for moderns to act as if things were otherwise.

Then, just when it seems as if things can't get any worse, there will be yet another idiot in a trench coat standing on the edge of a waste dump, a dying rain forest, or a refugee camp, pointing the Camera at yet another problem» and then walking away.

Yet all this is within the sphere of divine governance, not outside of it; and so it does not make any sense to speak as if things can occur without God's causing them to be.

Yet it is not willed by God, either directly or permissively, as if things might have been otherwise, but God allows evil to happen.

If music is the chief metaphorical meaning, and the others are controlled by it, then to think of the world as a harmony is to regard everything as if all things sound well together.

And then, as if things could possibly get better, the baked shortbread are dipped in melted dark chocolate.

As if things could not get better, ONE 16 oz bottle of Origin Almond Milk contains the almond equivalent of TWO commercial cartons of almond milk.

He acts as if things happen quite independent of the fact he is SUPPOSED to be a coach with coaching skills.

And as if things weren't going well enough for this franchise, Victor Oladipo recently received the Lee Jenkins treatment.

In the space of two days it looks as if things have gone from bad to worse in Arsenal's attempts to find an appropriate defensive signing.

As if things weren't hectic enough through Halloween, now that it's November it's time to start gearing up for the... Read More

As if things weren't hectic enough through Halloween, now that it's November it's time to start gearing up for the holidays.

I know you are expecting one flat recline position but unfortunately there is no flat position for infants as if they thing a 3 month older child doesn't need this position but anyway it should be there.

And as if things weren't confusing enough when Charlie Banana first came out, FuzziBunz followed up the CB release with a new version of their own (the FuzziBunz Elite) which, intentionally or not, is even more similar to Charlie Banana than the old one - size Fuzzi Bunz were.

As if things couldn't get any more complicated, the government's baseline is a moving target.

Since the election, some people are reacting as if things that they expect Donald Trump to change are going to happen.

As if things couldn't get weirder, a man used suction cups to scale the south side of Trump Tower in Manhattan.

Then, as if things were not going badly enough for Corbyn, there was last Friday's launch of the Shami Chakrabarti report into anti-Semitism in the Labour party.

McConnell left for Harvard University, where he worked 1976 — 1977, but then returned to Ireland once again because «it looked as if things were going to change,» he says.

And yet I was still scared away from science as a career by the constant, subtle insistence from all around me that my purpose was not to be a scientist but rather a wife and mother — as if these things were incompatible.

If you put it under a microscope, however, it would look heterogeneous, or as if things had been mixed together.

With pulses of light in the right part of the brain at the right frequencies, Brown University scientists induced rats to behave as if things they'd seen before were novel and things they'd never seen were old hat.

That's an interesting thing about times when life takes a sudden, unexpected turn: You feel as if things have stopped.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- With pulses of light in the right part of the brain at the right frequencies, Brown University scientists induced rats to behave as if things they'd seen before were novel and things they'd never seen were old hat.

As if things weren't bad enough you have tornadoes to contend with too, good grief!

I like how filmmakers are making these documentaries as if things in the horror world happened in reality.

As if things couldn't get any worse, Alice discovers that her condition is hereditary, and there's a good chance her three children — played by Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, and Hunter Parrish — have inherited the disease themselves.

It's as if things were so easy that movies had to import their turmoil from other time periods.

As if things couldn't get any more complicated, she begins an affair with her charming (and married) gynecologist (Nathan Fillion) and is saving up so that she's able to leave her abusive husband someday.

He also emerges from the experience energized, refreshed, as if this thing gave him back his youth.

As if things can't get any worse, he discovers that a long lost love of his has died and that someone needs to take care of her / their eleven year old son, Max (Goyo).

It gives viewers an option to watch the theatrical cut of 137 minutes, or the extended edition which is roughly 2-1/2 minutes longer (as if this thing needed to be any longer).

Just as if things couldn't get worse for Steve, an environmental advocate (John Krasinski) shows up on the scene.

As if things weren't chaotic enough, even our battery of best practices has been fluid.

Audi recently revealed that the Audi S1 would use front - wheel - drive, well, it seems as if things have changed.

Springstubb captures the emotions of loss that come with leaving all that's familiar as well as the first stirrings of hope when it seems as if things just might work out.

Kotaku — Report: Stan Lee's Stolen Blood Was Used to Sign Marvel Comics Sold in Las Vegas — As if things couldn't get any weirder.

And as if things couldn't get any steamier, Takaaki's childhood friend Motoko suddenly realizes that she has the hots for him as well.

It is written exactly as if these things really happened to that person everyday of their lives.

Now you're not only competing with a million other authors, but with about 50 million app developers too, as if things weren't hard enough as they are.

As if things weren't bad enough since 2008, the world is in turmoil as it watches the euro in the hope that it will not collapse.

As if the things that brought you to that point weren't bad enough... A long illness with the very expensive medical bills to go with it... A job loss after a company relocation... A small business that just couldn't make it.

We just spent a long weekend back in Tulum and it really feels as if things have changed in eighteen months: now it felt as if it was all about the «gram.

He acts as if those things don't matter then states he's disappointed Sony isn't showing a new hardware unit to counter to XOX.

As if things couldn't possibly get worse, id Software now confirms they've left the ESA as well.