Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sgt Hayter 's problems were only half over as the height of the museum building was too low to allow assembly inside the building , so R5868 had to be assembled outside . |
| 2 | The ballot results had been unsatisfactory and results were not decisive enough as too few people responded . |
| 3 | They had seen no tracks and sighted nothing in the land below them , which Ratagan said was unusual for deer were not uncommon here as well as hill foxes and hares . |
| 4 | Our waterproof walking boots were really necessary here as we balanced on rocks to cross the gushing stream . |
| 5 | According to this synthesis , Keynesian unemployment was a phenomenon which was primarily attributable to downwardly sticky money wages and prices , the obvious implication being that general unemployment would never arise if money wages and prices were perfectly flexible downwards as well as upwards . |
| 6 | Racial politics were as distasteful then as now but were as the government put it " part of an essential compromise " . |
| 7 | She made believe that they were as happy together as they should be , and was careful to weep only in secret . |
| 8 | The big , light-hungry leaves were almost black now as I walked briskly back along the path searching for the track to take me back to the lodge . |
| 9 | Aggie , too , was on her feet and her voice was much lower now as she said , ‘ Aye , it 'll suit me . ’ |
| 10 | It was held that the payment was not voluntary so as to preclude recovery . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) . |
| 12 | The couple 's new attitude was clearly visible yesterday as they continued their tour of Korea . |
| 13 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 14 | In the earlier Wind Quintet Schoenberg was still feeling his way towards a 12-note style that was as well-characterized thematically as it was well-balanced in form . |
| 15 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
| 16 | I think the remedy was as useful psychologically as it was physically , and his crying subsided , although his lips and tongue were obviously still sore . |
| 17 | It was as poor here as anything he had experienced in the Borinage . |
| 18 | It was as familiar almost as my own , but I could n't pin a face to it . |
| 19 | He was as shocked here as he had been by the scenes he had witnessed in London 's East End . |
| 20 | Then , as now , the norm was that young married couples should live in a residence separate from those of their families of origin , and the three-generational household was as rare then as it is now . |
| 21 | For she had been wearing this dress the night she had first glimpsed the truth about her sister , a truth that was as unpalatable now as it had been then . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | Consequently it was as hard then as it is now to separate our various individual contributions . |
| 24 | And Coleby was as hampered now as he had been in Emor by his lack of imagination : get him away from a straightforward discussion of bricks , mortar and money , and the man was lost ; give him a load of crap about the artistic temperament , and his sense of smell deserted him . |
| 25 | He was as vigorous physically as intellectually , and rowed for his college at Cambridge . |
| 26 | It was quite dark now as they bounced along the rough road . |
| 27 | She has told you that I was kind to her in the summerhouse , though I 'll assure you I was quite innocent then as now , and I desire you to keep this matter to yourself . |
| 28 | The world was quite difficult enough as it was without people going around trying to make it better all the time . |
| 29 | Richard Branson was characteristically cock-a-hoop yesterday as he announced a partnership with Japan 's largest record company . |
| 30 | She was again impressive yesterday as she dispatched Conchita Martinez , another 17-year-old , who is ranked 10th in the world , 6-3 , 6-2 . |