Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] now as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | So it 's not long now as you say . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 7 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 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 need to be vigilant is as great now as it ever was . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ People are n't as poor now as they were years ago , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ Indeed the working relationship between the two is as good now as it has ever been . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm as good now as I was then and my target is 20 goals for the season . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 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 | It 's a fundamental right and it 's as important now as it was nine years ago . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The purpose of the vast megalithic constructions , for example , remains almost as mysterious now as it did in the nineteenth century . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Despite the legislative amendments in 1986 , that observation , he said , was ‘ as pertinent now as it ever was ’ . |
| 25 | Ski areas tend to be as fragmented now as they were 20 or 30 years ago . |
| 26 | The desirability of this is obvious , though it must be said without wishing to offend anyone that it seems as imminent now as it was when the claim was first being made 30 years ago . |
| 27 | Produced by Igelfilm in Germany , the film examines Mr Niemoller 's prophetic stance on topics which are as relevant now as they were in his lifetime . |
| 28 | This message is as relevant now as it was in 1940 and is more urgent than ever as the myth of material progress loses its power . |
| 29 | That is as true now as it was in 1945 , when Olson wrote it . |
| 30 | 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 . |