Example sentences of "[am/are] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals . |
| 2 | I must admit I acted with the thought that I could interest you , that some attention would not be unwelcome — I hope I am not so insensitive as to force my company on anyone without some indication on their part — and there was interest , was n't there ? |
| 3 | Quite a lot of guesswork and estimation has to go into this , but the margins of error are not so great as to nullify the whole enterprise . |
| 4 | County council officials have already gone on record as saying the humps are not so severe as to pose a major problem for the buses . |
| 5 | The class must consist of persons whose rights are not so dissimilar as to make it impossible for them to consult together with a view to their common interest ( Sovereign Life Assurance Co v Dunn [ 1892 ] 2 QB 573 ) . |
| 6 | Hard hitting criticism and savage satire can generally be successfully defended as honest comment , so long as the exaggerations are not so extreme as to indicate malice . |
| 7 | When you are making these settings , go for levels which give good , solid recordings but are not so high as to overload the tape on signal peaks . |
| 8 | a link we 're not so daft as to disparage — |
| 9 | So that you have your they 're not so daft as to know that two people who are going to come and live even if Richard 's away half the time . |
| 10 | However , they 're not so stupid as to allow the adventurers to forge such a document right in front of them and get away with it . |
| 11 | And another thing you see they 're not as long as look , look |
| 12 | I mean , I 'm not that rude as to say that 's for the payment of allowances , but some people may say that . |
| 13 | I mean , I 'm not that rude as to say that 's for the payment of allowances , but some people may say that . |
| 14 | I 'd like to think that it was remorse that made you come sobbing into Adam 's arms that way , but I 'm not so naïve as to believe it . |
| 15 | ‘ Okay , but I 'm not so interesting as flying a seaplane . ’ |
| 16 | And , although I 'm not so bitchy as to suggest women want him only for what they can get , nine times out of ten it 's probably the truth . ’ |