Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 2 | In the earlier Wind Quintet Schoenberg was still feeling his way towards a 12-note style that was as well-characterized thematically as it was well-balanced in form . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | For she had been wearing this dress the night she had first glimpsed the truth about her sister , a truth that was as unpalatable now as it had been then . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Consequently it was as hard then as it is now to separate our various individual contributions . |
| 8 | The world was quite difficult enough as it was without people going around trying to make it better all the time . |
| 9 | He was very canny actually as it happened ! |