Example sentences of "[is] not as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Jensen measure is an absolute measure it is not as appropriate as the Sharpe and Treynor measures for the relative comparison of portfolios with different levels of risk . |
| 2 | Holding companies in Switzerland pay tax to a greater or lesser degree , depending on the canton in which they are established , and the Swiss tax treaty network is not as wide as the Netherlands ' . |
| 3 | The playing certainly reflects the robust freshness of discovery of new music , but the result , curiously , is not as memorable as the London , which , of course , reflects Sir John 's great love for the earlier work . |
| 4 | There is a type of short story in crime fiction which does not make the highest demands on its writers , though it is not as easy as the gentlest of ski runs . |
| 5 | Life , civic life included , is not as simple as the purveying of fashionable ideas suggests . |
| 6 | This is not as simple as the pinch test . |
| 7 | The relationship between these rulers and the princes of Ulthuan is not as simple as the titles would suggest . |
| 8 | This technique is not as useful as the torsional pendulum but covers the higher frequency range 10 to 103 Hz . |
| 9 | ‘ Charlie is not as experienced as the top men from Europe in the race , but the horse is not difficult , ’ added Hills . |
| 10 | Although the venue is not as packed as the previous night 's ( happy ) Birthday Party bash , those who have ventured out tonight are a partisan faction in regulation red ‘ Eat Yourself Whole ’ shirts . |
| 11 | But anyway , if it were working properly , the ‘ Cube 's ‘ clip ’ light would only come on when you were actually overdriving the input stage , which is not as helpful as the Trace Acoustic version , which lights up green and occasionally flashes red to tell you when you 've got the input level exactly right . |
| 12 | The empirical evidence does suggest that there is a definite relationship between the demand for money and the interest rate on near-money substitutes , but it is not as strong as the Keynesian theory suggests . |
| 13 | The replacement , voted against by Opposition MPs but passed because of the Government majority , does not , however , allow the penalties to be imposed against electricity suppliers which fail to promote electricity efficiency , and so is not as strong as the Lords ' amendment . |
| 14 | Though this technique is not as powerful as the orthodox roundhouse kick , its sheer technical brilliance clinches a full point . |
| 15 | So the wireless is not as good as a lead for that sound . ’ |
| 16 | Everyone knows he is not as good as The Smiths were , ’ he says . |
| 17 | And yet , a lot of English people , including museum directors , have a complex that British art is not as good as the others . |
| 18 | Implying that the water we supply is worse than what 's in Europe , and the sewage effluence we put into rivers is not as good as the rest of Europe . |
| 19 | The Government 's record is not as good as the hon. Member for Westminster , North suggested . |
| 20 | A claim that the product is not as good as the purchaser expected is a claim for economic loss , which traditionally should be brought in contract . |
| 21 | So although it is not as good as the inner routes it is nevertheless an extremely robust scheme in the department of transports terms . |
| 22 | Berghaus has a very comfortable jacket called the Chinook ( £140 ) , which has an inner lining of Windstopper , but it is not as warm as an equivalent one with a windproof outer . |
| 23 | Insulin injections allow the majority to live a normal life but the control over blood sugar is not as efficient as the body 's own mechanism . |
| 24 | And I mean I know the screens are flickering in the Halifax and the Bradford and Bingley e even as we speak , and they do this fabulous analysis , you know you can see that to , to go for the repayment is not as efficient as the endowment , but it 's all a theoretical exercise . |
| 25 | I had to work a bit to keep up with him — the path is not as straight as the road ; also I had to be careful not to make a noise . |
| 26 | The assistance of a fair tide is not as great as the hindrance of a foul tide — as any boatman will tell . |
| 27 | However the decrease in ATF1 RNA is not as great as the reduction in protein levels , suggesting that other mechanisms are involved in regulating ATF1 protein levels during differentiation . |
| 28 | If you need to do the cleaning quickly use an absorbent powder ; it is not as effective as a wet shampoo and you must follow the manufacturer 's instructions carefully . |
| 29 | Using records of oral history from these two districts , Gilmour ( 1988 ) has shown that tree cover has actually increased on private farmland over the last 20 years and while there is still an overall loss of forest it is not as acute as the HEDT suggests . |
| 30 | The ground itself is not as harsh as the words I felt beneath me for that one curious moment at the Treasury . |