Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 I think the remedy was as useful psychologically as it was physically , and his crying subsided , although his lips and tongue were obviously still sore .
2 Richard Branson was characteristically cock-a-hoop yesterday as he announced a partnership with Japan 's largest record company .
3 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 .
4 The couple 's new attitude was clearly visible yesterday as they continued their tour of Korea .
5 Aggie , too , was on her feet and her voice was much lower now as she said , ‘ Aye , it 'll suit me . ’
6 Zeinab was very quiet afterwards as she and Owen drove home in an arabeah .
7 The world was quite difficult enough as it was without people going around trying to make it better all the time .
8 It was held that the payment was not voluntary so as to preclude recovery .
9 ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) .
10 And Coleby was as hampered now as he had been in Emor by his lack of imagination : get him away from a straightforward discussion of bricks , mortar and money , and the man was lost ; give him a load of crap about the artistic temperament , and his sense of smell deserted him .
11 He told delegates he believed the case for strong trade unions was as compelling now as it was when the TUC first met 125 years ago , ‘ or ever has been in the history of our country . ’
12 Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley .
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