Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as it have " in BNC.
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| 31 | And the tone of the voice seemed to surprise Sister Aloysius as much as it had done the Mother Superior . |
| 32 | The announcement came as no great surprise ; except in as much as it had been thought the family might hold back in the lifetime of Sir John . |
| 33 | It fitted her in as much as it had ever fitted anyone , but the bodice hung droopily over her breasts , and the neckline gaped softly round her throat , and the hem dipped at the back , with a scarcely perceptible , ineradicable dip . |
| 34 | Her own strong and unthinking rejection of him had shocked her as much as it had shocked him . |
| 35 | For , proving that he cared for his family every bit as much as it had seemed , he said , ‘ Hello , Travis , come in . |
| 36 | as much as it has there we look like getting . |
| 37 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 38 | But is this conclusion as inevitable as it has come to seem ? |
| 39 | It did n't feel as cold as it had done earlier in the day . |
| 40 | What made it worse was that his face remained so still , as expressionless as it had been earlier when discussing trivia with the Doctor . |
| 41 | And we we we we and we 're n not as long as it 's put in the under God it 's alright . |
| 42 | She says , I 'm not bothered what it is as long as it 's got all its fingers there . |
| 43 | His anatomising of male desire is as sure as it has ever been . |
| 44 | A combination of administrative and economic factors favoured the revival of organized stealing during the final decade of British rule , but given the growth of population and the more efficient reporting system the extent of the crime was not as great as it had been before 1890 . |
| 45 | For one reason or another , you have a need for nature as great as it has a need for you . |
| 46 | The torrent here was almost as fearsome as it had been at the original crossing point , but not so deep . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | The South Bank Show is as good as it has ever been — serious , humane and unstuffy — though its theme tune now sounds is beginning to sound jolly dated . |
| 49 | In 1933 roughly 4,000 banks shut their doors , and the United States was left with only half as many as it had had in 1929 . |
| 50 | Sam King in Sounds said : ‘ No concessions at all — the bass is as bossy as ever , a constantly straining leash of rhythm , while Gedge 's guitar is as irritating as it 's always been . ’ |
| 51 | In France the factionalism from which the country suffered was largely inspired by the nobility , so that command of the army , as the tragedy experienced at Agincourt in 1415 demonstrated , was chiefly in the hands of noble leaders who gave the army a character as noble as it had had in the 1330s . |
| 52 | But the surgery on Monday morning was not as busy as it had been of late . |
| 53 | Rose Brady 's attention had been as unexpected as it had been sudden and welcome . |
| 54 | Dynasticism was not dead ; for some rulers , promoting family interests was as important as it had been to a Tudor or a Valois . |
| 55 | It was easy to sink into a sort of limbo , where nothing seemed any longer to be as important as it had been . |
| 56 | The selection of documents to be saved for posterity is as essential as it has been for the last 30 years ; it is not so much that computers can not store everything ( storage capacities are continuing to develop exponentially ) , as the consideration that to conserve everything makes the past unmanageable and impenetrable . |
| 57 | If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’ |
| 58 | ‘ We are interested but that 's as far as it has gone because Alex Ferguson has shown no desire to let him go , and that 's despite the fact that Neil has not been in his first team . |
| 59 | So we were able to complete the Hall or complete the Hall as far as it 's got . |
| 60 | This large parish now had two Anglican churches but Nonconformity was as pronounced as it had been in the seventeenth century . |