Example sentences of "[was/were] not as " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , in part , their power came from an understanding that they were not as other men . |
| 2 | Mm , the visions that they had were not as reality they were only like visions they had |
| 3 | The fact that he could get such good results by orthodox bowling also left one wondering why he occasionally indulged in a bouncer war , for it obviously did his reputation no good and was not as a rule very productive . |
| 4 | It was not as if Britain was unaware of FGD — German engineers had visited a pilot scheme in Manchester in 1880.30 |
| 5 | The significance of this epic was not as a record of the past , but rather as a means of ensuring the theologico-political supremacy of Marduk in the present . |
| 6 | However Derek Hyde 's vision of the tramway was not as a museum line , but as a forward-looking system of transportation in the field of light rail , the virtues of which were again being recognised . |
| 7 | For weeks he would live in a world by himself conscious as he watched the humdrum routine of his fellow prisoners that he was destined for higher things and happy in the knowledge that he was not as other men . |
| 8 | It was not as if he was protected by politics : he had served in the regiment of Colonel Robert Phaire , a regicide . |
| 9 | It was not as if they were going out alone on the High Veld . |
| 10 | It was not as fast ascent . |
| 11 | ‘ It was not as if I needed the money . |
| 12 | It was not as if James had ever given Leo any justification for disliking him . |
| 13 | But the situation was not as the newspaper led its readers to believe , that is the articulate Mr Jones and the feral flock of savages locked in primitive combat . |
| 14 | Even at the beginning of 1934 the anti-Semitism of the British Union of Fascists was not as a rule overt . |
| 15 | But you knew when we wed that I was not as other men — that my life , my choices were not those of normal men . ’ |
| 16 | If , and it was a very big ‘ if ’ , Riddle 's body had been substituted for the Scapegoat he felt sure that it was not as a convenient way of disposing of the body but to give more effective expression to the hatred which had inspired his killing . |
| 17 | At no time , not even vaguely , had such a notion occurred to her , nor did she even think that he was not as other men . |
| 18 | It was not as if what he saw fell short of his expectations . |
| 19 | It was not as if Merchiston Lodge and its inhabitants were possessed of any intrinsic value . |
| 20 | It was not as if she would be going to his home . |
| 21 | It was n't as if any other vehicle had been involved . |
| 22 | And it was n't as if he put up with her cooking in the hope that he would . |
| 23 | We had after all all heard it before , it was n't as if this number actually needed any introduction . |
| 24 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 25 | It was n't as if Lucy Trigg were senile . |
| 26 | Not that he wished any harm to Rose , and it was n't as if she would be on her own because , being the wife of Peter , and he the stable man , she was well set in their cottage . |
| 27 | It was foolish , even stupid ; it was n't as if we were even contenders for a medal . |
| 28 | It was n't as if she had searched for it , determined to see what lay behind the forever locked door . |
| 29 | It was n't as if they did n't know they were taking a risk — during the fifties and sixties debates raged in the press about highrise housing , with its defenders calling opposition simply prejudice . |
| 30 | ‘ It was n't very large , ’ she said desperately , ‘ it was n't as if it were important — but I have lost it . ’ |