Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [adv] [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pah , nothing 's left from the previous existence — only the mere lees and dregs of thought , dreams of past time that the creature does not heed , or not half as much as the figments he has derived from Milton ! |
| 2 | It 's more aerodynamic , the interior has been improved ( although not nearly as much as it should have been ) , the new engine has more power and yet is no thirstier , and the new suspension means safer , more predictable , handling . |
| 3 | Although not quite as memorable as Tchaikovsky 's Arensky 's D minor Trio is an extremely attractive work with some memorable tunes in it . |
| 4 | Rehearsals were hell — although not quite as hellish as the first performances in Cambridge . |
| 5 | But activity is now greatly reduced , especially as the local market is in a poor state , although not quite as dire as in the UK . |
| 6 | By night the bars can get quite lively , although not quite so wild as they get during the winter months when the skiers reenact their greatest runs . |
| 7 | A major report on the health consequences of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station has concluded that the effects have been limited , and not nearly as serious as widely reported . |
| 8 | And not nearly as much as we used to get back in the good old days , when alien abductions were all the rage . |
| 9 | ‘ It is far too defensive and not nearly as appealing as the American version . |
| 10 | It 's a great technique and not nearly as difficult as you might think . |
| 11 | But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 12 | The day before we were due to leave , he came up to our room after lunch and began by saying that perhaps it was n't so sensible for Flora to continue her journey by herself , travelling by local buses across the Atlas , and not only not sensible but not altogether safe , even though she was tough and independent and used to looking after herself . |
| 13 | Anyway , standard one was a breaking-in for this er other discipline and not quite so easy and learning how to spell . |
| 14 | She may have been three years older than he was , pushing forty and not quite as pert as the sort of girl he favoured at this precise moment , but one day Jack would grow up , look for a real woman to take care of him , and there she 'd be , waiting and ready . |
| 15 | Sitting in front of the looking glass , making up her face , she hoped that Anthony was all right and not quite as heartbroken as Julia seemed to think he was . |
| 16 | The recorded sound is slightly close and not always as flattering as it might be . |
| 17 | Has a sort of ring to it , does n't it , and not much less sensible than President Reagan 's suggestions . |
| 18 | Or if not then perhaps later as his mother — always self-conscious as to the difference between herself and her more Westernised sisters-in-law gave vent to the feelings of inadequacy they unconsciously inspired ? |
| 19 | His analysis suggests that the spending levels of bureaux will not be ‘ optimal ’ , but within the agreed budgets he concedes that management will generally be efficient , if not quite as efficient as the private sector . |
| 20 | the Capriccio recording is fractionally the more detailed if not quite as atmospheric as the new Virgin , which lends a warmer sound to the instrumental support that many listeners may well prefer . |
| 21 | Soon , a similar attitude will become commonplace in the commercial mid-range systems market , for the software vendors in the Unix market are just as committed as Microsoft in the personal computer world , if not quite as wealthy or ingenious . |
| 22 | Russia , to whom the Near East was almost if not quite as important as to the Habsburgs , also made considerable though less systematic efforts to provide herself with men competent in Turkish . |
| 23 | The social reality is that the uses of ‘ history ’ , if not always as crude and blatant as this , always involve selection , speculation and hypothesised connections , and that the scholars operating this process are products of a specific society , speak its language and are imbued with its ideology , so their work must always bear a complex if not tangential relationship to ‘ reality ’ and ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 24 | Whether measured by per capita GNP ( gross national product ) , calorific intake or any other indicator , it gives a quick , if not always entirely accurate or meaningful , basis on which to rank societies . |
| 25 | The campaniles were separate but not generally as tall as Lombard ones . |
| 26 | She said to me you can go and get it out , honestly , you know the other day he could hardly s well y you could see but not nearly as good as this |
| 27 | The old , blue pound notes looked large and important , but not nearly as impressive as the white and over-sized fivers with which Johnny 's wallet was comfortably stocked . |
| 28 | The one she guessed was Seb because the hair on his legs was blond was the best , but even then not as fast as Nails , and the other two were in-between , but not nearly as fantastic as she had imagined . |
| 29 | After a while she explained that she was in love with someone else — not hopelessly ineligible , but not nearly as suitable as my father- and her parents had refused to allow her to see the man . |
| 30 | Researchers found that thin people also experienced food cravings , but not nearly as much as those who were overweight . |