Example sentences of "[adv] as [adj] now as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not as simple now as signing a contract with somebody , ’ says Phillips . |
| 2 | It 's not as bad now as it used to be |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ People are n't as poor now as they were years ago , ’ she said . |
| 9 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 10 | The purpose of the vast megalithic constructions , for example , remains almost as mysterious now as it did in the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |