Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] be [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were weaknesses — batteries were neither so good nor so light as they are today and in any case this was the first step . |
| 2 | Oh yes , oh yes much as they are now and the big horse we used to call them the big horses you know and er shows and that , all , they used to , Willenhall Wakes used to be fine really good , and er that was down in the Lane somewhere there . |
| 3 | Well , it , it , it looked very similar , not quite as good as it is now but er , it was n't no where near as wide of course . |
| 4 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 5 | Yes the they were much the same as they are now but er , of course the one nearest was the er spraying hanger , that 's where they used to build the Swallow side-cars , the main office building there 's a large hanger with large sliding doors at the back of there which used to house the erm experimental department for the Harvard Aircraft and erm they used to operate the flight gang from there getting the planes ready to go up to be actually tested , and then the next hanger up was very much er starting from scratch and finishing the aircraft structurally you know . |
| 6 | I 've stayed the same as I was before but now it 's all right to be what I was before . |
| 7 | ‘ Is your view about them today the same as it was then or do you now feel you might have acted differently ? ’ |
| 8 | I suggest that the erm ticket price should be two pounds fifty as it is now and that the concessionary price should be increased to two pounds . |
| 9 | The air around each of them is by no means as sweet-smelling as it was then and the water that flows over the falls into the harbour is certainly not as pure . |