Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Beating Malta was one thing , in so much as it sustained the national team 's hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals . |
| 3 | It did n't hurt so much as it did with my Dad passing away . |
| 4 | In many ways I was greatly relieved as it had become obvious to me that he was n't well . |
| 5 | This became especially colourful as it dawned upon employers of servants that they would have to buy stamps for their cooks and skivvies . |
| 6 | It was all much as it had been the first time , only evening instead of morning ; and Emily stood by herself as before , and now he knew why , wearing his ring on another finger . |
| 7 | And then , not much later as it seemed , there they were , father pushing the pram , a very happy little family . |
| 8 | The driver and conductor made up for them by shouting and singing , and the little bus itself was extremely noisy as it rattled along the bumpy streets . |
| 9 | Yet this love , so compelling , so fascinating as it grew despite everything , had been leading to destruction . |
| 10 | The test kit had a range of pH6 to 8 , but the reading of my existing tank was obviously below 6 as it went instantly yellow . |
| 11 | It was more adaptable and was less expensive as it had the quality of being effective , whether richly ornamented or not . |
| 12 | As they parted , she pursed her lips and lifted her well-attended face , which did n't look quite so young as it had in the restaurant . |
| 13 | ‘ Tucker again ; Exeter , 4 January : Come if you can but it 's not so bad as it seemed . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Up to the late 1950s this inflow of dollars was generally welcome as it relieved the earlier shortages . |
| 16 | It was not publishable as it stood , said Michael , but might it be of interest to me ? |
| 17 | The opinion evidence was not admissible as it sought to answer the very matter that was for the Special Commissioner 's decision , a question for which the witness was not qualified as an expert . |
| 18 | I saw Masha gliding through towards us : that unmistakable froth of brown hair , the exuberant , doll-like face ; and behind her , over-topping her , the bleak , dark face of Victor Surkov , his hair not grey as it had been when we last met some six years ago , but a brilliant yellow spreading down over his shoulders . |
| 19 | After the early victories in Bath and Cheltenham , the faces of party supporters gathered at the Liberal Club in Mr Ashdown 's Yeovil constituency grew progressively longer as it became clear the predicted breakthrough was not going to happen . |
| 20 | After the early victories in Bath and Cheltenham , the faces of party supporters gathered at the Liberal Club in Mr Ashdown 's Yeovil constituency grew progressively longer as it became clear the predicted breakthrough was not going to happen . |
| 21 | The ‘ Snap ’ camera was used with the supplied software , ( not suitable as it stood for the required measuring instrument ) . |
| 22 | The nineteenth century was to see its status as the language of diplomacy grow still further as it became even more a symbol of some underlying European unity which , however vague , was genuinely felt to exist by most of those who decided the continent 's destinies . |
| 23 | The fierce face was still unsmiling as it spoke again . |
| 24 | It 's like well as it changed he like was like delivered on the change . |
| 25 | Those yachts , with their flowing sheer , were the swans , Golden Girl was the barracuda , Trent thought as he recalled the big fish hardly stirring as it circled him . |
| 26 | Henry was the son of Antoine de Bourbon and , more important as it turned out , of Jeanne d'Albret , a very alarming woman who became , first , Queen of Navarre , and then , having abjured her Catholicism , a bloodthirstily militant Calvinist . |
| 27 | Now that 's when the movement was erm mainly underground , it was erm s organization and working together er in a sort of a covert manner , things were very secretive er and then after June it became more open as it became , the , the er movement became more accepted or well known , it became difficult to continue it underground so it became more open . |
| 28 | It was the most successful tour England had ever made , all the more satisfying as it began with them being written off as a bunch of no-hopers . |
| 29 | During the seventies this form of finance became comparatively more attractive as it offered variable rates of interest ( which are tax deductible ) and the short nature of these loans was mitigated by the banks ' willingness to roll-over these loans on request . |
| 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 . |