Example sentences of "not as [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're not as warm as a sweatshirt . |
| 2 | Most missiles with pretensions to cleverness are brighter than a laser-guided bomb , but not as clever as a Tomahawk . |
| 3 | While not as watertight as a Section 50 agreement , planning conditions have been used elsewhere to control phasing . |
| 4 | Not like , not as good as a squirrel 's tail . |
| 5 | ‘ Not as good as a fingerprint , ’ said Coffin , ‘ but I can see it would help . |
| 6 | So the wireless is not as good as a lead for that sound . ’ |
| 7 | ( Not as good as a giggle , but at least it 's relieved his embarrassment . ) |
| 8 | She thought that this view was perhaps not as beautiful as a view of Blackmoor Vale , which she knew so well . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not as fast as a mouse , ’ Matilda said . |
| 10 | Although advocates of the main parties are allowed to cross-examine other parties ' witnesses and the advocates are frequently barristers or solicitors , hearings are not as formal as a court of law and great effort is generally made to bring out the real substance of the layman 's arguments . |
| 11 | This obviously makes explicit what is generally true of performance indicators : that they are not usually generated from a systematic record ( and when they are , the system is not as reliable as a bookkeeping system can be ) . |
| 12 | Building union organisation is not as dramatic as a riot , but it is still possible and does offer hope where Steve Platt offers pessimism ! |
| 13 | ‘ While at present returns are not as high as a year ago , they are still relatively attractive . ’ |
| 14 | A fast turn of speed was not as important as a range of at least 1,000 miles , and flight would have to be maintained on one engine with 60% of the fuel still aboard . |
| 15 | I agree he is probably past it — Just lets give the bloke some credit — he was a key figure for us , and not as bad as a lot of people make out . |
| 16 | day we had a cat in our garden and er my dog is n't as big as a cat . |
| 17 | The horrified expression on Rex 's face was n't as pretty as a picture . |
| 18 | Here 's you thinking you 'll be lying the night in a comfortable bed with someone whose fingers are n't as calloused as a piece of old limestone , and what 's happened ? |