Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Chattahoochee river seems tranquil enough as it meanders 385 miles from north Georgia 's mountains past Atlanta , along the Alabama border and across the Florida Panhandle , finally spilling into the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 2 | The law , she thinks , is strong enough as it stands . |
| 3 | What he was thinking of doing was risky enough as it was . |
| 4 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 5 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 6 | This very popular music with its haunting , melancholy and often monotonous melodies is sung in Madeira but has never become as popular here as it is in Portugal . |
| 7 | We are committed to ensuring that this reputation remains as sound tomorrow as it is today . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the designer has integrated them in the text , and while this might be admirable for coffee table books or even guide books , it is quite wrong here as it makes them look cramped and mean . |
| 9 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
| 10 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 11 | ‘ The Police generally support us on this , but I have to say the problem does not seem quite as serious now as it used to be , and they did not mind us frequently playing Saturday games last season . ’ |
| 12 | This makes the Scottish footwork look very light and easy particularly as it is allied to the steps of petit and grand allegro he also used . |
| 13 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 14 | ‘ Reality is bendy enough as it stands , ’ he said . |
| 15 | We all have to make Randolph feel welcome and we have to work extra hard tonight as it is very dark and windy , ’ he said . |
| 16 | He hesitated , his anger subsiding quickly as it always did , and leaving him feeling exhausted . |
| 17 | He told delegates he believed the case for strong trade unions was as compelling now as it was when the TUC first met 125 years ago , ‘ or ever has been in the history of our country . ’ |
| 18 | But it 's not quite as cold today as it was yest , you know during the week cos it 's then erm |
| 19 | Now this was not as magnificent then as it is today . |
| 20 | Though the Dragon Princes were few the destruction they could wreak was unmatched then as it is now and few dared the wrath of Caledor . |
| 21 | Consequently it was as hard then as it is now to separate our various individual contributions . |
| 22 | Or is that good enough as it is . |
| 23 | I think the remedy was as useful psychologically as it was physically , and his crying subsided , although his lips and tongue were obviously still sore . |
| 24 | ‘ Indeed the working relationship between the two is as good now as it has ever been . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The need to be vigilant is as great now as it ever was . ’ |
| 26 | 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 : |
| 27 | Then it ran , dodging between sandy hillocks , black-tipped tail undulating behind as it attempted to escape the constant buzzing of irate birds . |
| 28 | It 's curtain up time again , another opening of another show and the Smell of the Greasepaint and the roar of the crowd is as strong now as it ever was for the performers . |
| 29 | Miserable creature , he looked ashamed enough as it was . |
| 30 | The going will be tough enough as it is . |