Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] today as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This traditional spokesmanship , which can imply serious responsibilities , is naturally becoming less significant today as modern communications and education reach into the furthest quarters of the globe . |
| 2 | To complement the quotation from Winston Churchill 's reply to the debate on the then Coal Mines ( Eight Hours ) Bill that was given by the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , I should like to draw the House 's attention to other words of Winston Churchill in the same speech , which are as self-evidently true today as they were then : ’ We have reminded the hon. Gentleman of it often ; but why should cheapness of production always be achieved at the expense of the human factor ? |
| 3 | Widcombe Manor , with all its crisp carving on pilasters , columns , quoins , swags and urns , is as fresh today as when it was built — perhaps by the Bath mason Thomas Greenaway as it is a fine display of all the decorative details he could do best . |
| 4 | Johnny Tillotson 's Poetry in Motion , Lesley Gore 's It 's my Party , Cliff Richard 's Move It , the Ventures ' Walk Do n't Run , Eddie Cochran 's C'm on Everybody … all sound as fresh today as they ever did . |
| 5 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
| 6 | But unlike the brachiopods the molluscs are probably as diverse today as they have ever been . |
| 7 | Dave 15 ) It is as cold today as yesterday . |
| 8 | But it 's not quite as cold today as it was yest , you know during the week cos it 's then erm |
| 9 | The front cover says , how would you feel if you were working just as hard today as ten years ago , but earning a third less ? |
| 10 | Its therapies have stood the test of time and are as effective today as they were two hundred years ago . |
| 11 | And if a work as trite , foolish and offensive to women as Now , Voyager should , after 40 years , remain as watchable today as on its initial release , when equally feeble plays and novels from the same period have vanished into a limbo of neglect from which they can never be retrieved , it is a tribute less to the very questionable ‘ artistry ’ of its writer and director than to the enduring fascination of its leading actress . |
| 12 | I chose housing as my theme for the Dimbleby Lecture , and I enunciated a belief which is as firm today as it was when I delivered it : |
| 13 | Guinness has maintained this tradition , believing that making a contribution to the society in which it prospers is as important today as it was when the company was founded . |
| 14 | Across the road from the churchyard is Poosie Nansie 's pub , the setting for Burns 's poem ‘ The Jolly Beggars ’ , and is as welcoming today as it was in the time of Scotia 's bard . |
| 15 | Long thought to be a mystery , Coade stone is now known to be a ceramic body , and the British Museum research laboratory 's analysis in 1985 showed that it was a form of stoneware so resistant to the weather that it is as precise today as when it was originally made . |
| 16 | The economic differences between a farmer and his workers are as wide today as they ever were ( probably wider when wealth as well as income is taken into account ) , but the social distance between them has been considerably reduced . |
| 17 | The issues raised by these comments are as relevant today as they were at the time . |
| 18 | The ideals of the Hospitaller Order are as relevant today as they were in the 16th century when the Order was founded — to meet ‘ All in Need ’ , no matter their colour , race or creed . |
| 19 | They are classics of their time , as relevant today as ever they were to people climbing at that grade , with every move a gem where it counts . |
| 20 | I should like to commend to Members the text of the Inaugural meeting of the BIE in London in 1927 much of which is as relevant today as it was then and it will only be by the commitment of you the members that the Institute will improve and ultimately progress . |
| 21 | The operating philosophy set them by founder is as potent today as it was then : ‘ You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The ultimate driving machine ’ the ads said , a claim that was to stand the test of time like few others , establishing principles of BMW motoring as true today as ever . |
| 23 | this is as true today as it was a hundred years ago . ’ |
| 24 | Eglantine also said that children are always the first to suffer and that is certainly as true today as it was then which means that the Save The Children Fund 's work is needed now as much as it was then . |
| 25 | He looks just as unhinged today as he did then , poor lad . ’ |
| 26 | The design of interiors … are as valid today as they were in earlier times — the vaults , snugs , parlours , each with their own character , can still provide a pleasant , varied atmosphere ’ . |
| 27 | Spracklen , who is 52 and lives in Marlow , has been largely responsible for their revival , believing them as valid today as they were 100 years ago . |
| 28 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 29 | The principles of homoeopathy , as laid down by Hahnemann , are as valid today as they were in his time . |
| 30 | However , the reasons for its conception are as valid today as they were whenever the saying was first coined . |