Example sentences of "as it have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Völker ideally combines the lyrical and the heroic in his singing , phrases with authority , albeit with a certain freedom where note values are concerned , and puts other contenders in the shade , even though by 1942 the voice was n't quite as pliant or firm as it had been six or seven years earlier . |
| 2 | It was shimmering under the surface as it had been all afternoon . |
| 3 | Medical men had perforce to be botanists , and often gardeners as well , and in time medical knowledge came to be the perquisite of the European religious orders , as it had been that of the priests in the time of the Egyptian pharaohs . |
| 4 | A shiver ran through Theda 's body — the frame that was near a shadow of itself , just as it had been that long-gone day in March . |
| 5 | It was important to Trent that he held to that word ; as it had been important to him never to use the term ‘ Loyalist ’ when speaking of or reporting on the Protestant terrorists in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | The hands moved away , downwards , across the hard muscle of his stomach that was as tough and flat as it had been ten years ago , when he was eighteen . |
| 7 | Rose Brady 's attention had been as unexpected as it had been sudden and welcome . |
| 8 | SHE CORRESPONDED WITH AN EXPERT ON THE CHURCH , WHO TOLD HER THAT THE CHURCH SHE HAD ‘ SEEN ’ WAS THE CHURCH AS IT HAD BEEN 400 YEARS AGO , BEFORE IT HAD BEEN REBUILT IN 1553 . |
| 9 | This was n't supposed to happen — but then , nothing today had happened as it had been supposed to . |
| 10 | Steel-Maitland was running Central Office like a business enterprise , not in order to make a political point , but because it was as natural to him as it had been foreign to Percival Hughes . |
| 11 | I enjoyed the gnocchi in a friendly watering hole along the road , however , and the Elban wine was just as good as it had been 30 years ago . |
| 12 | What made it worse was that his face remained so still , as expressionless as it had been earlier when discussing trivia with the Doctor . |
| 13 | It 's tremendous as it 's been dry for 10 years . |
| 14 | Just as it has been possible to insert beneficial genes into crop plants , there is scope for eliminating , replacing or masking certain genes which have a deleterious effect on crop production . |
| 15 | More than useful at manipulating the seam , dazzling in the field — the pirouette and throw that cut down David Smith at Southend had to be seen to be believed — Mark 's elegant bat could prove as distressing for the patriot next summer as it has been enchanting for the connoisseur this . |
| 16 | Subject to making such searches as may be required to obtain such affidavits and documents as it has been necessary to bespeak , the Filing and Record Department will send the listed documents to the county named in the Order . |
| 17 | However , a purchaser should not pay for tax losses until such time as it has been able to use them . |