Example sentences of "this was [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing , and this was just as important , was that I did n't feel I could play the drums well enough . ’ |
| 2 | This was just as important , if not more so , he said , than the flash of inspiration that comes out of the blue . |
| 3 | Instead of returning by the old fence , however , ( which looked much worse from the top ) , I continued down the main ridge until the final spur , but this was just as steep . |
| 4 | This was just as silly , he opined , as the yarn he had been told about the Sun being at a distance of 93 million miles from the Earth . |
| 5 | The backs of my legs were trembling at that time , but this was probably as much due to the cold as to the feeling of betrayal that had invaded my being . |
| 6 | That this was essentially as liberal a vote as the wording permitted , for legal abortion at home , is borne out by a national opinion survey carried out before the election for the Irish Sunday Press . |
| 7 | This was quite as true when Tabitha Jute met Marco Metz in Schiaparelli as it had been in the days of the Big Step , years before she was born . |