Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] now as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shutting his eyes , he stopped and was there the one he always remembered from his childhood polish , dust , though not so much now as the smell of books . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not as simple now as signing a contract with somebody , ’ says Phillips . |
| 5 | It 's not as bad now as it used to be |
| 6 | The breakfast dishes were n't even washed , though I have n't so many now as two daughters are away . |
| 7 | ‘ People are n't as poor now as they were years ago , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |