Example sentences of "as you might think " in BNC.

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1 The affliction is not as rare as you might think .
2 Four Hearts , on the other hand , was not a success although the play did not go quite as you might think .
3 Reinforced concrete is an example , and is not as irrelevant to motorised transport as you might think .
4 That sounds simple , but it 's not quite as straightforward as you might think .
5 Strangely , these scenes do not name the church as you might think ; that honour goes to a fresco by an unknown sixteenth-century artist , the Madonna of the Passion , in the fifth chapel on the right .
6 You encourage or motivate your child by reinforcing his/her efforts , but this is n't as straightforward as you might think .
7 Not as rosy as you might think if you have to rely on just the state pension , or fail to review existing pension arrangements .
8 PRIME EXAMPLES PRS EG-1 & EG-2 As everybody knows , you have to pay for quality but , as Eddie Allendiscovers , the price is n't always as high as you might think
9 It 's a great technique and not nearly as difficult as you might think .
10 ‘ It was n't quite such a shock as you might think .
11 Seen from this point of view , what is remarkable about neurobiology is how much we know about the brain , not , as you might think , how little .
12 The purpose of a tie is not , as you might think , merely to hold a stem upright , but also to hold it firmly away from the stake and so avoid any possibility of chaffing or rubbing .
13 The problem is not , as you might think , that the butterflies are being trampled underfoot .
14 The appearance of these locomotives , north of Warrington , was not as frequent as you might think from a study of published photographs of the period .
15 ‘ Not so fantastic as you might think , ’ said Melissa .
16 Genuinely working-class , writing in the ‘ thirties , when there 's not as much interesting stuff as you might think .
17 Not as easy as you might think — Joyce had the same problem .
18 This is n't as difficult as you might think .
19 Erm so er i i i er , I think that erm , er er er y you 'll see that erm th th the the situation is n't , erm , er , perhaps quite as simple a a as you might , erm as you might think erm and , er , next year if that happened er , perhaps there 'd be headlines saying Pearson directors er , half their remuneration .
20 The subject of the degree is not always as significant in securing a job as you might think .
21 ‘ She 's not as soft as you might think .
22 Now , if child survival were simply a question of affluence as you might think it was , there 's no way you could explain these figures .
23 When is not as easy as you might think .
24 And the answer to the questioner is n't , is n't an arcane as you might think it is .
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