Example sentences of "not [verb] as [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sector of the market has not expanded as rapidly as expected . |
| 2 | Roger did not do as well as hoped in his ‘ A ’ levels , but will probably go to Birmingham to do a BSc in Computer Engineering . |
| 3 | The fact that the long-stay population was not declining as rapidly as had been thought meant an expensive ‘ double running ’ situation . |
| 4 | Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin . |
| 5 | When Le Roux bought Norton Motors in 1987 with shareholder and bank money , he knew there was a risk the profit might not flow as quickly as hoped . |
| 6 | The Company was pleased to accept , but things did not progress as smoothly as had been anticipated . |
| 7 | High average wind speeds tend to stunt the upward growth of plants and encourage the lateral growth of dwarf forms , e.g. of Calluna vulgaris or Juniperus communis , though prostrate forms of the former are not encountered as frequently as expected on exposed mountain plateaux . |
| 8 | The test certainly covers , and therefore condemns unequivocally , the American dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ; it does , however , not deal as absolutely as did Pope John in Pacem in Terris with all possible aspects of modern war or even with every possible use of nuclear weapons . |
| 9 | Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared . |
| 10 | In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters . |
| 11 | Her temperature was not falling as rapidly as had been expected , and this , he feared , had been caused by her determination to get out of bed too soon . |
| 12 | However , even if bus networks have not declined as markedly as has , say , the rail network , frequency of services has usually declined and fares have increased . |