Example sentences of "be as [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been as contented together as could have been expected , he supposed , from a union which had been largely one of convenience and accommodation ; and he would always remember , with a sort of perverse affection , her rather loud voice , her over-daubed war-paint — and , of course , the painful state of those poor feet of hers … |
| 2 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 3 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
| 4 | The economic differences between a farmer and his workers are as wide today as they ever were ( probably wider when wealth as well as income is taken into account ) , but the social distance between them has been considerably reduced . |
| 5 | Its therapies have stood the test of time and are as effective today as they were two hundred years ago . |
| 6 | Indeed ‘ [ w ] e are as restrictive materially as the Victorians were morally ’ , he argues . |
| 7 | The prizes are as stated only and no cash alternatives will be given . |
| 8 | The issues raised by these comments are as relevant today as they were at the time . |
| 9 | The ideals of the Hospitaller Order are as relevant today as they were in the 16th century when the Order was founded — to meet ‘ All in Need ’ , no matter their colour , race or creed . |
| 10 | You will have seen that the accident to which this report refers happened in 1973 — The mistakes indicated in the report are as relevant to-day as they were then . |
| 11 | Produced by Igelfilm in Germany , the film examines Mr Niemoller 's prophetic stance on topics which are as relevant now as they were in his lifetime . |
| 12 | The matters that have been highlighted in this report are as relevant now as those which necessitated the formings of the nineteen seventy eight and nineteen ninety congress resolutions . |
| 13 | The terror of a lost shoe or a missed train are as great here as those of guerrilla attack or nuclear war . ) |
| 14 | Unless we can get professional managers who are as good entrepreneurially as those who set up for themselves we shall have major problems ahead . |
| 15 | The design of interiors … are as valid today as they were in earlier times — the vaults , snugs , parlours , each with their own character , can still provide a pleasant , varied atmosphere ’ . |
| 16 | The principles of homoeopathy , as laid down by Hahnemann , are as valid today as they were in his time . |
| 17 | However , the reasons for its conception are as valid today as they were whenever the saying was first coined . |
| 18 | I 'm as good now as I was then and my target is 20 goals for the season . |
| 19 | ‘ Honestly , I 'm as fit now as I was during the World Cup and my weight is down to what it was two years ago . |
| 20 | The proofreading seems not to be as accurate here as in the rest of the book , and there are some flaws in the details concerning the manuscripts and the discussion of the settings . |
| 21 | As Malinowski 's own posthumously published field diaries record , this cross-cultural experience , involving a massive exposure to what we nowadays call ‘ culture-shock ’ , is likely to be as gruelling psychologically as it is physically . |
| 22 | Whose penis was said to be as damn near as big as his guitar ? |
| 23 | Ski areas tend to be as fragmented now as they were 20 or 30 years ago . |
| 24 | Gerbier , for instance , says on window design that they ‘ must be as high again as wyde … ’ and that their mouldings needed ‘ the broad brim of a good hat to a travaileur on a rainy day ’ . |
| 25 | Racial politics were as distasteful then as now but were as the government put it " part of an essential compromise " . |
| 26 | She made believe that they were as happy together as they should be , and was careful to weep only in secret . |
| 27 | I chose housing as my theme for the Dimbleby Lecture , and I enunciated a belief which is as firm today as it was when I delivered it : |
| 28 | The operating philosophy set them by founder is as potent today as it was then : ‘ You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well . ’ |
| 29 | Preventative action is as viable here as for fire hazards . |
| 30 | Across the road from the churchyard is Poosie Nansie 's pub , the setting for Burns 's poem ‘ The Jolly Beggars ’ , and is as welcoming today as it was in the time of Scotia 's bard . |