Example sentences of "[adj] as it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he spoke , his voice not quite as calm as it had been previously , the accent humming roughly in the depths of the tones . |
| 2 | Improvement ensued under Tub LM1 ( again taken from a 5ml dropper bottle ) although the patient commented that the wheeziness was n't as clear as it had been on the first Phosphorus . |
| 3 | Higher than its current rate of 1.8m ( 6.2% ) , but probably not as high as it had to in the mid-1980s . |
| 4 | Although the number of recorded offences in that decade was not as high as it had been in the 1950s it is nevertheless an important trend . |
| 5 | McIllvanney had offered to let her stay on board Wavebreaker , so long as the boat 's air conditioners were disconnected , but his offer was not as generous as it seemed for Ellen would have been little more than an unpaid security guard and also subject to Bellybutton 's endlessly tedious suggestions , and she far preferred her small hot room in the busy crowded apartment block that smelt of cooking all day and marijuana all night . |
| 6 | This too had to be curbed on cost grounds , along with plans for two monolithic block-like structures , within the control room , which would darken to black as the ship landed , and fill with light as it took off . |
| 7 | Nor could the academic organization of the schools remain as rudimentary as it had been : communication and management would not just ‘ happen ’ in schools of a thousand pupils or more , and the stream of curriculum innovation needed to be carefully channelled — especially in a system where each school enjoyed considerable freedom in choosing patterns of study and teaching methods . |
| 8 | The fierce face was still unsmiling as it spoke again . |
| 9 | Secondly , the raising of the school leaving age in 1947 meant that the difference between types of secondary schooling was not so marked as it had been . |
| 10 | Investigations were still proceeding , but unless Dalziel had some private little line well hidden from everyone else , the phrase was as empty as it sounded . |
| 11 | Monarchy became itinerant as it had not been since the Middle Ages , but the reason for this was not administrative but political and diplomatic . |
| 12 | It was a bit different as it turned out . |
| 13 | Hoffman 's measurement of the gamma spectrum was their third signature for neutrons : first there had been their own relatively crude neutron measurements with the dosimeter , then they had seen Jones ' suggestive neutron spectrum and now this ( erroneous as it turned out ) gamma peak . |
| 14 | Alyssia blew some of the flyaway blonde strands away from her face and followed them to a small table at the back of the café , hoping that she would not have to endure half an hour of French conversation while she sat on the sidelines , wondering whether what they were discussing was really as animated and interesting as it appeared . |
| 15 | This was indeed fortunate as it prevented him from revealing the fossilization of his mind by repeating much of what he had written in 1986 . |
| 16 | In many ways I was greatly relieved as it had become obvious to me that he was n't well . |
| 17 | But at least a dream of empire was not as impossible as it had been in 1558 . |
| 18 | Impossible as it seemed , he had forgotten that he must never , under any circumstances , leave her presence without kissing her cheek as a dutiful son should always do . |
| 19 | Impossible as it seemed , he still thought she was lying , or was he pretending in order to keep her with him ? |
| 20 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 21 | Although somewhat bulky and unflattering , it was not unsuccessful as it blended with the current trend for layered clothes and endorsed the rustic air of a bygone age that other ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes were now describing , As they would not consider offering anything that was not made of 100 per cent natural fibres , they managed to complete the range by producing dresses in brushed cotton and cotton corduroy . |
| 22 | This became especially colourful as it dawned upon employers of servants that they would have to buy stamps for their cooks and skivvies . |
| 23 | The grass rolled in waves , glistening and gleaming as it undulated . |
| 24 | The wound was not as serious as it had at first seemed , but the bone was broken . |
| 25 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think it was as easy as it looked . |
| 27 | But knocking on the second door she came to was n't as easy as it sounded . |
| 28 | They soon found that running Easy FM was n't as easy as it sounded . |
| 29 | Peter sat down on the leather sofa , which was as uncomfortable as it looked , and went through the folder . |
| 30 | The end of the bridge was clearly visible as it grew out of the far bank , and needed only a couple of rafts to make it complete . |