Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] then as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
| 2 | Racial politics were as distasteful then as now but were as the government put it " part of an essential compromise " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Consequently it was as hard then as it is now to separate our various individual contributions . |
| 5 | 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 . |