Example sentences of "not [adv] simple as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So , she thought , you are not so simple as you look .
2 However , things are not as simple as they seemed at first .
3 I soon discovered , of course , that this discipline was not as simple as it seemed — as indeed the author tirelessly points out .
4 Inspection however is not as simple as it sounds .
5 It is not as simple as it sounds , but a shared openness to God in life and in marriage makes every difference .
6 Making coffee , while Fen dealt swiftly and efficiently with the washing up , was not as simple as it sounded .
7 I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems .
8 Reading is not as simple as it seems , and the reader is not as passive a receiver as we once thought .
9 Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet .
10 But it 's not as simple as it appears .
11 In reality , the calculation is not as simple as it appears in ( 8.33 ) .
12 Er that is not as simple as you say though
13 Life 's not as simple as you think it is .
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