Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Or the rabbits sit tight underground as they become cornered by the ferrets . |
| 4 | But unlike the brachiopods the molluscs are probably as diverse today as they have ever been . |
| 5 | But for the caring and hard work of the Pet Rescue Fund Committee many animals would not be alive and well today as they deserve to be . |
| 6 | A Warrior Bane or Parrying Blade are useful too as they reduce your enemy 's attacks . |
| 7 | Forenames should be printed in full exactly as they appear on your birth certificate and/or passport ; |
| 8 | It 's bad enough at first but then it gets worse even as they keep me because they found more , they found two more and that was while I was here for Christ 's sake while they held me while things were still happening more stuff came in while they were questioning me and they looked at me with disbelief horror disgust and I was going What ? |
| 9 | I am always amused by the idea that outsiders have of Whitehall as being slow-moving ; we are like a snake , whose coils seem to be lying motionless even as they flow past your eyes and are gone . |