Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 2 | Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I . |
| 6 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
| 7 | Unfortunately this legislation has proved to be totally ineffective both as it was drafted and as it has been put into practice . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | The couple 's new attitude was clearly visible yesterday as they continued their tour of Korea . |
| 11 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She was not otherwise positively ill-looking , though anxious , meagre , of a muddy complexion , and looking as old again as she really was . |
| 15 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
| 18 | We are committed to ensuring that this reputation remains as sound tomorrow as it is today . |
| 19 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 20 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But unlike the brachiopods the molluscs are probably as diverse today as they have ever been . |
| 25 | Not as cold not as cold yet as I thought it was going to be . |
| 26 | But it 's not quite as cold today as it was yest , you know during the week cos it 's then erm |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | Now this was not as magnificent then as it is today . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |