They remain as oppressive as ever.
To the Trinovantes the behaviour of the Roman colonists was as oppressive as the rule of the Catuvellauni.
The all-white clothing rule seemed ludicrous, as oppressive as the obligation to wear school uniform instead of loon pants.
At some point, a closer examination is due.Uganda is not as oppressive as Rwanda and is not implicated to the same extent in the bloodletting in neighbouring Congo.
But the need to suddenly create and manage a different structure for family life is as oppressive as a string of 90-degree days.
This look at the individual within a group was as oppressive as the discrimination that it worked so hard to condemn.
And although the conditions were as oppressive as expected, the racers found the real nightmare not in the pollution, but in the humidity and heat.
I know it's a bit more overcast today than it has been but I didn't find it as oppressive as I might have done.
A father-son or mother-daughter relationship can be just as oppressive as an employer-employee relationship.
Not especially cheery, but also not as oppressive as its title suggests.
Egyptians, and Egyptian Americans, have expressed frustration at the military rule they believe is as oppressive as the Mubarak regime.
