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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Koltai suggests everything appalling in modern urban life : The Wimpy-precinct existence which one realises with something like delayed shock is just as inescapable now as it was in the Fifties when Billy first sought refuge in his compulsive make believe .
2 Some will want to argue that King is simplifying reality in assuming a single decision-taking point at the end of the project and a neat sequential series of steps , but his message about the limited scope of finance theory is just as important now as it was in 1975 .
3 Does my right hon. Friend accept that unambiguous communication is just as important now as it was during the cold war , and perhaps even more important ?
4 The fun of Nicolai 's merry wife is just as characterful here as in the more familiar 1932 recording ( EMI , 10/88 ) and the Marschallin 's monologue has already profound understanding in its variety of shading and warmth of affection .
5 She 's far too valuable just as she is , even if her sixth sense did n't mention Epping Forest until after our crime reporter did .
6 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 .
  Next page