Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [adv] good as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indian wool , although not as good as Persian or Anatolian , is generally better than that found in Pakistan , and in the finer quality items superior Australian and New Zealand wool is often used . |
| 2 | Wine too proved to be a good stimulant of acid secretion , although not as good as beer , whereas 10% ethanol had no effect . |
| 3 | But one very famous pianist — not a great destroyer of reputations — said to me recently , ‘ He was not a very nice man , and not as good as people said he was . ’ |
| 4 | 1984 had been good but not as good as that . |
| 5 | ‘ A cross between REM and richard Marx , but not as good as either , ’ is Fred 's grim confession of how they sounded . |
| 6 | Roughly speaking , the country with the highest mortality rate in the 1940s had achieved a level comparable with that of England , but not as good as the lowest rate , in 1880 . |
| 7 | ‘ We all had a good view of you , yesterday , ’ said Ron , ‘ but not as good as it could be . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Hmm , not bad , but not as good as mine . ’ |
| 9 | He was good at his job , though not as good as he thought he was , and his smugness irritated Wycliffe . |