Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [verb] [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | This week , they play three nights at London 's Town & Country Club , which is n't bad , but it 's a high step down from the dizzy heights of packing out Wembley for several shows on the trot as they did five years ago when they were one of the biggest bands in Europe . |
2 | There are also links with Nottingham 's twin city Minsk proving that the department still serves the local community as it did 75 years ago . |
3 | We Brits now drink twice as much wine as we did ten years ago the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a week for every man and woman in the country . |
4 | Throughout the book Eccleshall demonstrates an impressive authority and ease with his sources as he ransacks 300 years of Conservative thought to discover the meaning of Conservatism . |
5 | The Royal Ulster Constabulary is solving twice as many crimes as it did 10 years ago . |