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 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
9 | Unfortunately this legislation has proved to be totally ineffective both as it was drafted and as it has been put into practice . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 ? |
12 | The couple 's new attitude was clearly visible yesterday as they continued their tour of Korea . |
13 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | She was not otherwise positively ill-looking , though anxious , meagre , of a muddy complexion , and looking as old again as she really was . |
17 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
20 | We are committed to ensuring that this reputation remains as sound tomorrow as it is today . |
21 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
22 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
24 | Perhaps he do n't moan as much there as he does at home ! |
25 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | But unlike the brachiopods the molluscs are probably as diverse today as they have ever been . |
28 | Not as cold not as cold yet as I thought it was going to be . |
29 | But it 's not quite as cold today as it was yest , you know during the week cos it 's then erm |
30 | 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 . ’ |