Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once mistaken for a joker , he could henceforth be seen as a crank : an important advance in reputation , though this playful and darting mind was seldom so serious as when it was spoofing , or so earnest in intent as when making a joke . |
| 2 | The Gods are never so dangerous as when they wake from sleep . |
| 3 | She should be able to move in by the end of next week , and I 'll never be so happy as when I wave her goodbye at the front door . |
| 4 | Wolverton , which had been the seat of the locomotive building industry for the L & B Railway was no longer so convenient as when the northern terminus was at Birmingham . |
| 5 | Oh , yes , revenge is never so sweet as when it 's deserved . |
| 6 | He is giving Gascoigne the platform to perform in the same way as France built a side around Michel Platini , and Argentina around Diego Maradona — the latter never more evident as when they won the World Cup in 1986 . |
| 7 | Nails , unlike Jazz and Hoomey , looked just as weedy as when they had started their training — so much so , in fact , that his puny appearance along with his new , apparent docility had set the school 's pastoral care department into action . |
| 8 | I suffered a dislocation as acute as when I arrived in this country . |
| 9 | This brief in our series on the modern classics of economics looks at a paper that is still as controversial as when it first appeared — and suddenly much more relevant to the debate on economic policy . |
| 10 | The Foundation questions whether Project Tiger — set up by the Indian government and the World Wide Fund for Nature in the early 70s — can be termed a success , and suggests that tiger numbers in India now might be as low as when the project began . |
| 11 | Today , antagonism towards Birmingham remains as strong as when Jane Austen wrote the words in Emma in 1816 . |
| 12 | I think the key to it has been in the past that if we can establish a platform with the front five and get our back row really involved with the support play that they can produce , Bath going backwards certainly do n't look as strong as when they are coming at us . |
| 13 | If he had turned from her and rushed from the room , banging the door after him , she would not have felt half as afraid as when he backed slowly from her , his arm bent and his forefinger wagging at her . |
| 14 | This facility ‘ for burying an emotion in my heart or brain for forty years , and exhuming it at the end of that time as fresh as when interred ’ , as he described it , lies behind many of his most successful lyrics . |
| 15 | After a decade in office Mrs Thatcher was still an exception to this trend and was as popular as when she first became Prime Minister . |
| 16 | If someone else even tried , it probably would n't be half as funny as when Les did it . |
| 17 | ‘ My husband moans that I 'm not as slim as when we first met ’ |
| 18 | Dancing with Andrew should have been as magical as when , in dreams , she had danced with Berry or Jonah . |
| 19 | According to a simple application of lapse theory , slow responses ought to be preceded by low voltage CNVs , while fast responses ( as quick as when rested ) should be preceded by high voltage CNVs similar to those recorded from rested subjects . |
| 20 | But five minutes into the film he was as possessed as when he was down at the football stadium watching a match . |
| 21 | start , what to do or anything so , you need a little bit of practice at doing them for , for revision and then it , it 's not nearly as hard as when you first learnt , it pulls it out of your head again and then sort of puts it back in a bit more settled down and easier to retrieve . |
| 22 | An argument could even be made that a prisoner who emerges from prison with a reasonable sum of money is less likely to recidivate than one who emerges as impecunious as when he or she entered . |
| 23 | Just a few years younger , the Pullman Astoria still looks as grand as when Churchill stayed there , though the neighbourhood has certainly lost some of its sparkle ( Upper Town , 103 Rue Royale , telephone 02/2176290 , cost 6,000 fr ) . |
| 24 | If you will not come to us I am resolved to bring Oreste to you by and by so you may see how he progresses which I hope will be as well as when he was under your care . |
| 25 | For example , loading the stomach with food or water directly has some satiating effect , but not as great as when the substance is also allowed to pass into the intestine or has previously passed through the mouth . |
| 26 | A key element of obtaining that price would be your ability to demonstrate that the profits to October have been met and that your outlook on the future market is still as good as when we last met with your colleagues . |
| 27 | But as this was also mentioned before the match — only ‘ as good as when you won the title ’ fits to those areas . |
| 28 | The stores were in good condition after 18 years ; cocoa , salt , flour and matches were found to be as good as when first placed there . |
| 29 | Said it was n't as good as when we and . |
| 30 | For example , in the context of complex and time-consuming workloads team members were beginning to feel that when on duty at night or at weekends ( what is called out-of-hours work ) they were as busy as when they were on duty between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m . |