Example sentences of "so [adj] now as " in BNC.

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1 He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf .
5 Be so good now as to march these miscreants to Mutton House .
6 The breakfast dishes were n't even washed , though I have n't so many now as two daughters are away .
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