Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] then as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
2 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
3 | Now this was not as magnificent then as it is today . |
4 | Consequently it was as hard then as it is now to separate our various individual contributions . |
5 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
6 | And I have to confess that I found you as delightful then as I had in Wexford , and was intending to find out where you were going , and pursue the acquaintanceship . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | I heard the hon. Gentleman at 6 o'clock this morning and he was just as bad then as he was this afternoon . |
9 | 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 . |