Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it has been for centuries , yet the multi-petalled bloom of modern times , epitomized by the modern Hybrid Tea rose ( or , as it is abbreviated , H.T. ) and probably most people 's mental image of all that a rose is and should be , is a product of modern hybridizing and cross-breeding that did not exist even as recently as medieval times . |
| 2 | Richard was still not allowed to speak — he was not recovering quite so fast as had been expected — and he could make little reply when Laura told him that this was exactly the kind of thing she had expected all along , and that she would see about disposing of Lord Jim immediately . |
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| 4 | The recession has , however made its presence felt in one particular respect — publishers are not paying up as promptly as they used to . |
| 5 | All in all it was not turning out as badly as he had feared . |
| 6 | UNCED 's Secretary-General , Maurice Strong , has acknowledged that there will be " serious failures " at the summit , and added , in an oblique reference to the US , that " some countries are not going nearly as far as they could " . |
| 7 | On King Street Junior ( Radio 4 , Thursday ) things were not going quite as swimmingly as the Secretary of State might wish . |
| 8 | Since fuel is a major part of a coal station 's running costs , the fact that prices were not rising nearly as fast as had been expected would have a fundamental impact on the future cost of coal-fired electricity . |
| 9 | I shall have another word to say about him , you 're not getting off as lightly as that Alan , er , but erm , I , I think that erm , what I should now do , is to invite him , as our Chairman over the year in question , to er , move the adoption of the Annual Report . |
| 10 | Because of the circumstances under which most replacement gutters are fitted , however , they may not join up as beautifully as you 'd like , which may mean that they need more regular cleaning — but do n't rush to criticise your builder — it probably was n't his fault if he had to join up to existing work . |
| 11 | Nigel 's novel was not doing quite as well as he had hoped . |
| 12 | But , in my experience , if this is the case although it is possible to plant a new church it will not happen nearly as quickly as it will do if someone can make themselves available full-time . |
| 13 | This did not go down as well as he might have hoped . |
| 14 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 15 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 16 | If he did not go quite so far as Eric Linklater in believing that what Mary was doing down at Kirk o' Field during the last days of Darnley 's life in February 1567 was indulging a ‘ womanly zeal for nursing ’ , he certainly had no doubt of her innocence . |
| 17 | The Flower of Chivalry did not go quite so far as that . |
| 18 | ‘ Very like ! ’ he said , knowing it was true , and knowing that he would not hold back so long as to let it be true . |
| 19 | Again Balfour 's account is in substantial agreement , although he adds the gloss that when , at one stage in his summing up he referred to his assumption that Asquith would not serve under either Law or Lloyd George , Asquith intervened to say that he had not gone quite so far as that ; he must consult his friends before giving a final answer . |
| 20 | He left her at her door ; they had not gone down as far as the Green that day . |
| 21 | Most of our brewing equipment has not aged nearly as well as many of you here tonight and so it is being replaced . |
| 22 | Policies in Botswana have not worked out as smoothly as expected . |
| 23 | As an 11-handicapper who does not play quite as often as she would like , I found the clubs gave me more consistency and greater ‘ feel ’ . |
| 24 | Chung gains too from the fact that she is not balanced quite so closely as Perlman . |
| 25 | The next stage , provided the accumulation is not destroyed almost as fast as it is formed , is the colonisation of the incipient dune by marram grass , Ammophila arenaria . |
| 26 | Visitors wishing to ride behind this powerful loco should not delay too long however as the G.W.R. 's operating season finishes on October 11th . |
| 27 | I love dressmaking but ca n't do so much now as my hands are stiff with arthritis . |
| 28 | There was one kid , however , who did n't move back as far as the rest of his row , so I politely asked him to get in line . |
| 29 | The Carlsson does n't accelerate quite as hard as you might expect ( 0–60mph in 8.8secs ) , but its top speed of 131mph looks healthy enough . |
| 30 | I ca n't walk half as well as I could . |