Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] as [pers pn] " 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 | Lord Quinton could never have imagined that in the columns of the Library Association Record in 1990 someone would suggest , only half jokingly as we shall see , that the librarian 's motto should be ‘ When in Doubt , Chuck it Out ’ . |
| 4 | Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’ |
| 5 | On the other hand , neither did the faithful military figure so much here as it did in the political activities of the Smolensk party organization . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There had been little birdsong in the devastated places I had come from and I think it was the striking on my ear of the calling of a blackbird , so meaningful somehow as it sounded out clearly from the delicious chatter in those trees that made me feel the war was over . |
| 8 | But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I . |
| 9 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
| 10 | Unfortunately this legislation has proved to be totally ineffective both as it was drafted and as it has been put into practice . |
| 11 | and just the , the part here , I mean this , this I do n't know if it 's right or if it 's wrong but when you said I wan na put twenty quid towards my children 's future perhaps the way I would see is I , I would think twenty quid 'll go nowhere for their future , it 's gon na be a lot more expensive so as you 're openly offering me to take the money off you for that I would have perhaps gone down to try and commit you towards that need there and then to see how important it is and then , because when I er eventually bring back erm the sort of agenda and say look it 's gon na cost you a hundred and twenty quid a month erm you 're sort of sold on the idea . |
| 12 | To complement the quotation from Winston Churchill 's reply to the debate on the then Coal Mines ( Eight Hours ) Bill that was given by the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , I should like to draw the House 's attention to other words of Winston Churchill in the same speech , which are as self-evidently true today as they were then : ’ We have reminded the hon. Gentleman of it often ; but why should cheapness of production always be achieved at the expense of the human factor ? |
| 13 | The couple 's new attitude was clearly visible yesterday as they continued their tour of Korea . |
| 14 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Johnny Tillotson 's Poetry in Motion , Lesley Gore 's It 's my Party , Cliff Richard 's Move It , the Ventures ' Walk Do n't Run , Eddie Cochran 's C'm on Everybody … all sound as fresh today as they ever did . |
| 17 | She was not otherwise positively ill-looking , though anxious , meagre , of a muddy complexion , and looking as old again as she really was . |
| 18 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
| 19 | This very popular music with its haunting , melancholy and often monotonous melodies is sung in Madeira but has never become as popular here as it is in Portugal . |
| 20 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
| 21 | We are committed to ensuring that this reputation remains as sound tomorrow as it is today . |
| 22 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 23 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | Then you can decide to live your life fully — getting as much out as you put in . |
| 26 | You wo n't be able to catch all of it but get as much down as you can . |
| 27 | I was concerned , Dennis has never been given any schedule since he last spoke to erm Arthur which was get as much down as you can boy . |
| 28 | Perhaps he do n't moan as much there as he does at home ! |
| 29 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
| 30 | 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 . |