Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would never forget the first time , balanced high on the steep roof of the house , huddled from the wind against the chimney-stack , Fenna 's great shadow hovering over her , although Fenna had surely not been so hugely vast then as he was now , his shadow had not obliterated the stars , threatening their very existence . |
| 2 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 3 | As workmen are just as skilful now as at the turn of the century , it is almost impossible to distinguish a recently produced bronze from one cast during the artist 's lifetime , the Syndicat spokesman said . |
| 4 | I had a close look at the table last night — what really — ehh — scares me is Scum 's away form — in fact they are better away than at Old Scumford — even so they are just as good away as we are at HQ … yes they are vulnerable — but as they got points from the games vs us , Newcastle , Blacburn and Scousers recently i ca n't see what ( who ) is gon na crack them ? |
| 5 | But life skills are just as important here as A-levels . |
| 6 | He has been already very successful both as regards birds and their nests and eggs ; he has a beautiful collection of them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But unlike the brachiopods the molluscs are probably as diverse today as they have ever been . |
| 9 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
| 10 | This was to be half as large again as St Polyeuktos and was by contrast restrained in its decoration . |
| 11 | ‘ People are n't as poor now as they were years ago , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 13 | The South Atlantic region ( Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , West Virginia , North and South Carolina , Georgia and Florida , plus the District of Columbia ) performed much better than the national average , especially in the first two decades when growth rates were half as large again as those for the United States as a whole . |
| 14 | They looked like equine stock , but they were half as big again as any horse that Rostov had ever encountered . |
| 15 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |
| 16 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's not as simple now as signing a contract with somebody , ’ says Phillips . |
| 22 | It 's not as bad now as it used to be |
| 23 | But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I heard the hon. Gentleman at 6 o'clock this morning and he was just as bad then as he was this afternoon . |
| 27 | Now this was not as magnificent then as it is today . |
| 28 | Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’ |
| 29 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
| 30 | It was decided that the information was no longer confidential so as to prevent other parties making use of it . |