Example sentences of "[was/were] as old [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mortgage scams were as old as the hills . |
| 2 | Football hooliganism , therefore , can neither be explained in terms of simple continuities nor as an abrupt discontinuity ; the location and the specific forms of juvenile riotousness were new but the phenomenon itself was as old as the hills . |
| 3 | The song he is refashioning is another of Bilbo 's , though it is ‘ to a tune that was as old as the hills ’ . |
| 4 | Perhaps the hope-association was as old as the star one ; perhaps ‘ Earendel ’ had contained a presentiment of salvation even for the old heroes ( like Beowulf ) who lived before Christianity was brought to them . |
| 5 | The practice was as old as the Middle Kingdom itself and formed one link in the great chain of tradition , but it was more than mere ritual , it was a living ceremony , an act of deep respect and celebration , almost a poem to the honoured dead . |
| 6 | His name was Tuan Ti Fo and , though he squatted like a young man , his muscles uncomplaining under him , he was as old as the great City itself . |
| 7 | Nevertheless the promotion of tourism was as old as the railway itself . |