Example sentences of "as [adj] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
| 2 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 3 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 4 | Perhaps he do n't moan as much there as he does at home ! |
| 5 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
| 6 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 7 | But unlike the brachiopods the molluscs are probably as diverse today as they have ever been . |
| 8 | Not as cold not as cold yet as I thought it was going to be . |
| 9 | ‘ Indeed the working relationship between the two is as good now as it has ever been . ’ |
| 10 | And Coleby was as hampered now as he had been in Emor by his lack of imagination : get him away from a straightforward discussion of bricks , mortar and money , and the man was lost ; give him a load of crap about the artistic temperament , and his sense of smell deserted him . |
| 11 | He was as shocked here as he had been by the scenes he had witnessed in London 's East End . |
| 12 | The purpose of the vast megalithic constructions , for example , remains almost as mysterious now as it did in the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | Benjamin Titford , we must say , was not quite as elevated socially as he appears to be in his water-colour portrait ; or rather , he had only recently become so — which was good enough , after all , for any Victorian member of the nouveaux-riches . |
| 14 | It appeared just as impregnable yesterday as he survived the first two sets without being broken . |
| 15 | And I have to confess that I found you as delightful then as I had in Wexford , and was intending to find out where you were going , and pursue the acquaintanceship . |
| 16 | For she had been wearing this dress the night she had first glimpsed the truth about her sister , a truth that was as unpalatable now as it had been then . |
| 17 | He looks just as unhinged today as he did then , poor lad . ’ |