Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although our sense of smell does not compare as favourably as some of our other senses , it allows us to detect tiny traces of a very wide range of complex chemicals . |
| 2 | Older people do not adapt as easily as young people . |
| 3 | Lubricated condoms do not break as easily as non-lubricated ones . |
| 4 | Asian ships did not go round the Cape of Good Hope to trade with Europe , and East Indiamen , as the Company 's ships were called , were so heavily armed and were so much safer from the risk of piracy that merchants found them useful carriers even though they did not sail as fast as local ships until the Company had its ships built of teak some decades later . |
| 5 | As algae does not multiply as quickly as some marine parasites the turnover in the pond need not be very fast . |
| 6 | I would not go as far as one group which makes ‘ coupleness and a sense of call in husband and wife ’ one of their ten non-negotiables for church planters . |
| 7 | The question of images in churches was further addressed by two sets of injunctions issued by Cromwell in 1536 and 1538 , but even here the reforms did not go as far as some iconophobes would have liked , as they drew back from condemning all images and denounced only those that encouraged ‘ superstition and hypocrisy ’ and ‘ that most detestable sin of idolatry ’ . |
| 8 | They do not go as far as some countries , who plan to make actual cuts in emissions rates . |
| 9 | We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic . |
| 10 | But we need not go so far as that ; it will suffice to suppose that firms rise and fall , but that the ‘ representative ’ firm remains always of about the same size , as does the representative tree of a virgin forest . [ … ] |
| 11 | Tall men can not drive as easily as smaller men . |
| 12 | The existence of economies of scale in family life ( bulk buying , spreading fixed costs , etc. ) means that , although two can not live as cheaply as one ( it seems to us at least ) , cohabitation means that a given per capita standard can be maintained for two at less than double the expenditure for one . |
| 13 | This does not mean that big companies can not fail as frequently as small companies . |
| 14 | Natural gut absorbs moisture and does not last as long as synthetic string . |