Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attendant nodded , its high voice not altogether as certain as the words . |
| 2 | This is not necessarily as great as the increase in the liabilities of the target company related to the breach of warranty , particularly if the purchaser has only paid a nominal price for the shares in the first place . |
| 3 | This was not necessarily as great as the frisson of excitement which comes from watching his jolly exciting films but it should not be disregarded for all that . |
| 4 | He assumes that his family is not only as old as the hills , but rather more structural , and that nature , although on the whole a good idea — ‘ a little low , perhaps , when not enclosed with a park-fence ’ — is none the less ‘ dependent for its execution on your great county families ’ . |
| 5 | Not admittedly as much as the argument about whether you can see Schiehallion or not , but certainly enough to end in tears . |
| 6 | This ‘ seclusion ’ was not always as complete as the authorities might wish . |
| 7 | Demand was not always as price-elastic as the critics suggested , and the contrast between the views of managers within an industry ( that price elasticity is low ) and that of economists ( that it is high ) is a familiar one from other industries . |
| 8 | Furthermore , even within the narrow spectrum of industries covered by the above studies there was considerable evidence ( Farberman 1975 : 447 ) of persons being prepared to refuse the offer and accept the consequences , which were not always as severe as the Godfather analogy suggests . |
| 9 | ‘ It is far too defensive and not nearly as appealing as the American version . |
| 10 | I will argue that the affiliation is not nearly as simple as the formulation implies . |
| 11 | I had tried this myself and knew it was not nearly as simple as the village boys made it seem . |
| 12 | The painting is not nearly as good as the recent Young Contemporaries show in Manchester , where the sculpture was non-existent . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Back in Britain , Shaw reassured the House of Commons that ‘ the acid rain problem ’ was ‘ not nearly as severe as the media make out ’ . |
| 15 | Not nearly as good-looking as the man sitting right next to her . |
| 16 | For most of us , though– these responses are not nearly as threatening as the possibility of being rejected or overpowered . |
| 17 | Optical tablets using infra red beams to detect the position of a stylus are not nearly as sensitive as the other systems but are quite adequate for allowing a finger to be used to select an item from a program menu . |
| 18 | To those of us with vertigo , it fortunately reveals that the southern side of the ridge is not nearly as precipitous as the northern . |
| 19 | EMC is not a new thing in the US , although the regulations are not nearly as stringent as the EC directive . |
| 20 | This is to be a ‘ home made ’ macro and therefore the results will be not nearly as sophisticated as the dialog box produced by WORDCNT . |
| 21 | He was not often as cheerful as the example quoted . |
| 22 | Instead , we will use the term ‘ subword-level orthographic-to-phonological conversion ’ to stress the fact that the unit used is smaller than the whole word but not invariably as small as the grapheme . |
| 23 | A lie is not simply as good as the truth : it is better , because unlike the truth , lies are completely malleable and creatures of their maker . |
| 24 | It 's more powerful than the regular injection models , but not quite as powerful as the full-blown turbos . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Though not quite as grand as the Met , or the New York Historical Society examples of the form , which are more elaborately decorated in the panels , it was in very good condition , and , as noted in the catalogue , may be the earliest example of the form in this country . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Though perhaps not quite as good as the banana . ’ |
| 29 | As understatements go , it 's a beauty — a bit like saying the Sun newspaper is not quite as good as The Independent . |
| 30 | It 's not quite as good as the bonking ladybirds that preceded it , but every single ad in the campaign so far has been a gem . |