Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | However , a simplistic model based exclusively on smoking habits fails to explain the higher incidence in women , since women do not smoke as heavily as men . |
2 | They do not go as far as some countries , who plan to make actual cuts in emissions rates . |
3 | Older people do not adapt as easily as young people . |
4 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
5 | Many of us do not sleep as well as we might , because we are unable to relax when we go to bed . |
6 | Lubricated condoms do not break as easily as non-lubricated ones . |
7 | A penalty is that the translated binaries do not run as fast as programs compiled from source for Alpha — DEC says performance degradation is around 50% — but translation can save customers from rewriting old applications . |
8 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |
9 | Cos you do n't go as slow as this , even round here something like that Ann . |
10 | You do n't go as far as Church Hill ! |
11 | Well you do n't go as far as Church Hill then . |
12 | But I confess I do n't go as often as I might , ’ Omi said . |
13 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
14 | ‘ You do n't do as well as she 's done in the majors without being a very good player , ’ said Jim Webb , the LPGA 's deputy commissioner . |
15 | If you do n't want to spend as much as £400 , remember that cheaper beds do n't last as long as more upmarket models . |
16 | ‘ I do n't fare as badly as some showbiz celebrities I 've talked to . |
17 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
18 | The form is all you have in the initial stages , and if you do n't erm fill it out sensibly then you do n't get as far as the interview , when of course your individual personality can start to come through . |
19 | I do n't work as hard as I used to . |
20 | I do n't heal as quickly as I used to . |
21 | Actually they do do n't play as well as they used to . |
22 | And I would like to say thank you to the people who sit on the budget review sub- committee , a committee which actually I do n't attend as often as I probably ought to , particularly to the labour spokesperson , for the way he 's guided the committee , both from within the chair and at other times , on it 's work this year , to be able to propose a budget which erm , so well fulfils the aims that many of us had when we were elected in May , which were of course , to maintain services , er , to squeeze efficiency out of the sy into the system and squeeze any waste out , and to get our officers working towards zero base budgets . |
23 | Her agent , Cleveland County Coun Alan Sykes , told The Northern : ‘ Things do n't look as well as they might be . ’ |
24 | I had run out of ideas ; ideas do n't come as easily as all that . |