Example sentences of "[not/n't] as [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not as many as the Dome . |
| 2 | Ellwood et al. ( 1980 ) , however , argued that when the maximum depth of burial ( estimated at 12 km ) and age are taken into account , the sediments underlying the Piedmont , though not as altered as the surface rocks , are likely to have been raised to the greenschist phase of metamorphism and so presumably have little remaining hydrocarbon potential . |
| 3 | Incidentally , the interaction between the two programmes , and the fact that classical electromagnetic theory emerged as a reconciliation of the two programmes , inheriting the fields from one and the electron from the other , suggests that research programmes are not as autonomous as the Lakatos account suggests . |
| 4 | Life , civic life included , is not as simple as the purveying of fashionable ideas suggests . |
| 5 | The relationship between these rulers and the princes of Ulthuan is not as simple as the titles would suggest . |
| 6 | This is not as simple as the pinch test . |
| 7 | His teenage resolution was shared by many young refugees , though when it came to offering their services they found that joining up was not as simple as the recruiting posters had led them to believe . |
| 8 | Dexter loped along behind , knowing things were not as simple as the woman detective liked to make out . |
| 9 | Gambon relishes the Mafia boss routine and the scene where he gives Luciano his famous scar is somewhat offputting — but not as stomach-turning as the sight of a mad dog rival of Lucky 's biting off a hoodlum 's nose , then cutting out another 's tongue . |
| 10 | It was not that Grom was especially tall , certainly not as tall as an Orc , but he was enormously and infamously fat . |
| 11 | it 's not as nice as the macros on WordPerfect but it 's adequate . |
| 12 | ‘ Very imposing , but not as fascinating as the fountain with the bull and dragon fighting . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The room was not as grand as the corridor had led them to expect , but it was of reasonable size . |
| 15 | The scenery was full and free , though not as grand as the west coast . |
| 16 | Balance chairs are better than conventional chairs but not as beneficial as the Gorman chair . |
| 17 | Though not as deadly as the sea wasp , this jellyfish can cause severe irritation if it stings a human . |
| 18 | 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 ' . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Mr Smith did not say how he would meet manifesto commitments without extra borrowing or taxes if growth were not as strong as the Chancellor had forecast . |
| 21 | ‘ These dogs are not as strong as the pit bull terrier but they have immense strength all the same . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It 's not as strong as the Earth 's ; the Earth is heavier . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Erratic and staggered waking is more effective than a fixed waking schedule but both show only moderate effects and are not as effective as the bell and pad . |
| 26 | They 're not as warm as a sweatshirt . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They are not as professional as the force in Paris or London . |
| 29 | ‘ We realised we had to have a price rise but not as great as the council have proposed , ’ he said . |
| 30 | 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 . |