Example sentences of "[adj] then as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
| 2 | Racial politics were as distasteful then as now but were as the government put it " part of an essential compromise " . |
| 3 | She would never forget the first time , balanced high on the steep roof of the house , huddled from the wind against the chimney-stack , Fenna 's great shadow hovering over her , although Fenna had surely not been so hugely vast then as he was now , his shadow had not obliterated the stars , threatening their very existence . |
| 4 | Now this was not as magnificent then as it is today . |
| 5 | Though the Dragon Princes were few the destruction they could wreak was unmatched then as it is now and few dared the wrath of Caledor . |
| 6 | Were you were you in the drama clubs here when you were younger then as well ? |
| 7 | Consequently it was as hard then as it is now to separate our various individual contributions . |
| 8 | She has told you that I was kind to her in the summerhouse , though I 'll assure you I was quite innocent then as now , and I desire you to keep this matter to yourself . |
| 9 | ‘ The Scofield incident ’ referred to — and never yet totally explained — was a play , Adventure Story , by Terence Rattigan , as bankable then as Tom Stoppard is today . |
| 10 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
| 11 | Yeah because erm , poor thingy , the girl I went to school with she went on to Spring Hill when she was fifteen , see you could go on to grammar school when you were fifteen then as well as going at eleven |
| 12 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 13 | things went from bad to worse then as United defender Colin Andreson got sent off … for a challenge that was late but not as bad as it looked … ref had different thoughts |
| 14 | They came up with a mock chat show programme in which Williams was being interviewed by Clement Freud , as lugubrious-looking then as now . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's eight years — firstly as assistant then as coach — of quite a lot of enjoyment . |
| 16 | And I have to confess that I found you as delightful then as I had in Wexford , and was intending to find out where you were going , and pursue the acquaintanceship . |
| 17 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
| 18 | Then , as now , the norm was that young married couples should live in a residence separate from those of their families of origin , and the three-generational household was as rare then as it is now . |
| 19 | I heard the hon. Gentleman at 6 o'clock this morning and he was just as bad then as he was this afternoon . |