Example sentences of "[be] as [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been as contented together as could have been expected , he supposed , from a union which had been largely one of convenience and accommodation ; and he would always remember , with a sort of perverse affection , her rather loud voice , her over-daubed war-paint — and , of course , the painful state of those poor feet of hers … |
| 2 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The economic differences between a farmer and his workers are as wide today as they ever were ( probably wider when wealth as well as income is taken into account ) , but the social distance between them has been considerably reduced . |
| 5 | Its therapies have stood the test of time and are as effective today as they were two hundred years ago . |
| 6 | Indeed ‘ [ w ] e are as restrictive materially as the Victorians were morally ’ , he argues . |
| 7 | The issues raised by these comments are as relevant today as they were at the time . |
| 8 | The ideals of the Hospitaller Order are as relevant today as they were in the 16th century when the Order was founded — to meet ‘ All in Need ’ , no matter their colour , race or creed . |
| 9 | You will have seen that the accident to which this report refers happened in 1973 — The mistakes indicated in the report are as relevant to-day as they were then . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The matters that have been highlighted in this report are as relevant now as those which necessitated the formings of the nineteen seventy eight and nineteen ninety congress resolutions . |
| 12 | The terror of a lost shoe or a missed train are as great here as those of guerrilla attack or nuclear war . ) |
| 13 | Unless we can get professional managers who are as good entrepreneurially as those who set up for themselves we shall have major problems ahead . |
| 14 | The design of interiors … are as valid today as they were in earlier times — the vaults , snugs , parlours , each with their own character , can still provide a pleasant , varied atmosphere ’ . |
| 15 | The principles of homoeopathy , as laid down by Hahnemann , are as valid today as they were in his time . |
| 16 | However , the reasons for its conception are as valid today as they were whenever the saying was first coined . |
| 17 | I 'm as good now as I was then and my target is 20 goals for the season . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | The proofreading seems not to be as accurate here as in the rest of the book , and there are some flaws in the details concerning the manuscripts and the discussion of the settings . |
| 20 | As Malinowski 's own posthumously published field diaries record , this cross-cultural experience , involving a massive exposure to what we nowadays call ‘ culture-shock ’ , is likely to be as gruelling psychologically as it is physically . |
| 21 | Whose penis was said to be as damn near as big as his guitar ? |
| 22 | Ski areas tend to be as fragmented now as they were 20 or 30 years ago . |
| 23 | Gerbier , for instance , says on window design that they ‘ must be as high again as wyde … ’ and that their mouldings needed ‘ the broad brim of a good hat to a travaileur on a rainy day ’ . |
| 24 | Racial politics were as distasteful then as now but were as the government put it " part of an essential compromise " . |
| 25 | She made believe that they were as happy together as they should be , and was careful to weep only in secret . |
| 26 | I chose housing as my theme for the Dimbleby Lecture , and I enunciated a belief which is as firm today as it was when I delivered it : |
| 27 | The operating philosophy set them by founder is as potent today as it was then : ‘ You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well . ’ |
| 28 | Preventative action is as viable here as for fire hazards . |
| 29 | Across the road from the churchyard is Poosie Nansie 's pub , the setting for Burns 's poem ‘ The Jolly Beggars ’ , and is as welcoming today as it was in the time of Scotia 's bard . |
| 30 | I should like to commend to Members the text of the Inaugural meeting of the BIE in London in 1927 much of which is as relevant today as it was then and it will only be by the commitment of you the members that the Institute will improve and ultimately progress . |