Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the reasons for its conception are as valid today as they were whenever the saying was first coined . |
| 2 | Preventative action is as viable here as for fire hazards . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There are observations of the House of Lords in Hunter v. Hunter to the effect that accordingly the transfer is wholly void even as between the transferor and transferee . |
| 5 | Choose the position of the brackets so that the end bracket is as high up as possible and the lowest point of the gutter ( at the outlet position ) is not more than 50mm ( 2in ) below the roof drip . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The couple 's new attitude was clearly visible yesterday as they continued their tour of Korea . |
| 8 | In this , its 300th anniversary year , its role as human rights watchdog is as vital now as ever it was . |
| 9 | The terror of a lost shoe or a missed train are as great here as those of guerrilla attack or nuclear war . ) |
| 10 | The M twenty five in Buckinghamshire around at junction seventeen anticlockwise , that 's at Rickmondsworth , traffic 's very slow there at the moment and clockwise between junction fifteen and sixteen , the M four/M forty interchange , traffic is very heavy there as well . |
| 11 | On the M four in Berkshire , junctions six to seven , that 's Slough and the A four , it 's heavy and slow-moving westbound there at the moment , and into Buckinghamshire , on the M twenty-five , anti-clockwise round junction seventeen in Buckinghamshire , at Rickmondsworth , traffic 's very slow there as well . |
| 12 | This message is as relevant now as it was in 1940 and is more urgent than ever as the myth of material progress loses its power . |
| 13 | Kino 's international success is pretty doubtful however as the image is nothing new and the lyrics do n't really get through . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | Aggie , too , was on her feet and her voice was much lower now as she said , ‘ Aye , it 'll suit me . ’ |
| 16 | Zeinab was very quiet afterwards as she and Owen drove home in an arabeah . |
| 17 | You will have seen that the accident to which this report refers happened in 1973 — The mistakes indicated in the report are as relevant to-day as they were then . |
| 18 | The matters that have been highlighted in this report are as relevant now as those which necessitated the formings of the nineteen seventy eight and nineteen ninety congress resolutions . |
| 19 | It 's curtain up time again , another opening of another show and the Smell of the Greasepaint and the roar of the crowd is as strong now as it ever was for the performers . |
| 20 | The world was quite difficult enough as it was without people going around trying to make it better all the time . |
| 21 | Scums defence is as dodgy now as its been for 3–4 years . |
| 22 | It is one of the advantages of this balance lift , that an increase of rise is relatively immaterial both as to the time required to make the ascent or descent and as to the cost of the parts . |
| 23 | He argues that the following extract from the marriage ceremony contained in the Book of Common Prayer is as significant today as it was when Hale made his pronouncement : |
| 24 | ‘ The case of Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 shows , that if a person illegally claims a fee colore officii , the payment is not voluntary so as to preclude the party from recovering it back . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It will also depend upon which type of promotion the editor is prepared to tolerate in his or her pages , for the choice of medium is as important here as many other parts of the media programme . |
| 27 | It was held that the payment was not voluntary so as to preclude recovery . |
| 28 | ( 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 ) . |
| 29 | Racial politics were as distasteful then as now but were as the government put it " part of an essential compromise " . |
| 30 | The house is as interesting inside as out , having a collection of about 70 stuffed birds . |