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

No	Sentence
1	Aggie , too , was on her feet and her voice was much lower now as she said , ‘ Aye , it 'll suit me . ’
2	He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility .
3	Shutting his eyes , he stopped and was there the one he always remembered from his childhood polish , dust , though not so much now as the smell of books .
4	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 .
5	All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf .
6	Be so good now as to march these miscreants to Mutton House .
7	The breakfast dishes were n't even washed , though I have n't so many now as two daughters are away .
8	So it 's not long now as you say .
9	Wimbledon v Manchester U That hard-won point at Liverpool a week ago must seem awfully distant now as Alex Ferguson approaches the most critical period of his managerial career at Old Trafford .
10	But he points out that recent high points must be put into context : ‘ The current colour magazine campaign began in 1980 and is as strong now as then . ’
11	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 .
12	Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier .
13	Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned .
14	‘ It 's not as simple now as signing a contract with somebody , ’ says Phillips .
15	‘ The Police generally support us on this , but I have to say the problem does not seem quite as serious now as it used to be , and they did not mind us frequently playing Saturday games last season . ’
16	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 .
17	I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years .
18	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 . ’
19	‘ Honestly , I 'm as fit now as I was during the World Cup and my weight is down to what it was two years ago .
20	Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be .
21	‘ The need to be vigilant is as great now as it ever was . ’
22	‘ People are n't as poor now as they were years ago , ’ she said .
23	I 'm as good now as I was then and my target is 20 goals for the season .
24	‘ Indeed the working relationship between the two is as good now as it has ever been . ’
25	They seem as ancient now as Monty Python or Bobby Moore .
26	And Coleby was as hampered now as he had been in Emor by his lack of imagination : get him away from a straightforward discussion of bricks , mortar and money , and the man was lost ; give him a load of crap about the artistic temperament , and his sense of smell deserted him .
27	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 .
28	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 ?
29	It 's a fundamental right and it 's as important now as it was nine years ago .
30	Between these two well-known and reasonably well-documented cultures lay one that is , in many ways , still as mysterious now as it was over two thousand years ago .