Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] as [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This sector of the market has not expanded as rapidly as expected .
2 Roger did not do as well as hoped in his ‘ A ’ levels , but will probably go to Birmingham to do a BSc in Computer Engineering .
3 The fact that the long-stay population was not declining as rapidly as had been thought meant an expensive ‘ double running ’ situation .
4 Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin .
5 When Le Roux bought Norton Motors in 1987 with shareholder and bank money , he knew there was a risk the profit might not flow as quickly as hoped .
6 The Company was pleased to accept , but things did not progress as smoothly as had been anticipated .
7 High average wind speeds tend to stunt the upward growth of plants and encourage the lateral growth of dwarf forms , e.g. of Calluna vulgaris or Juniperus communis , though prostrate forms of the former are not encountered as frequently as expected on exposed mountain plateaux .
8 The test certainly covers , and therefore condemns unequivocally , the American dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ; it does , however , not deal as absolutely as did Pope John in Pacem in Terris with all possible aspects of modern war or even with every possible use of nuclear weapons .
9 Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared .
10 In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters .
11 Her temperature was not falling as rapidly as had been expected , and this , he feared , had been caused by her determination to get out of bed too soon .
12 However , even if bus networks have not declined as markedly as has , say , the rail network , frequency of services has usually declined and fares have increased .
13 You know , very often when you go from one country to another you go through an area of re , what is called no man 's land , you come through from one frontier and then you 've got a distance and you come to the next frontier that does n't exist as far as accepting or rejecting Christ is concerned .
14 They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan .
15 Thames Water says demand for supplies is n't growing as fast as expected .
16 ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank .
17 ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’
18 She did n't go as far as to say a nice warm man to slip into bed with , but that was not far from her mind .
19 That 's it , though he does n't go as far as refusing to let you see his picture .
20 ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’
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