Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] fast [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 2 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 3 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 4 | Even worse , the European empires at least left behind them working administrative structures and moderately healthy economies , which meant that most of the ex-colonial countries have managed to maintain stable states and thriving economies — although , of course , not thriving as fast as ours in the west — but the Soviet empire is leaving no administration at all , only economic catastrophe . |
| 5 | I ca n't run as fast as you ! ’ |
| 6 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
| 7 | They should n't drive so fast because their car is n't worth as much as a child 's life . |