Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will then let you know whether you are exempt or not as soon as possible . |
| 2 | Not a trace of the search or the find remained — or not as far as he could see . |
| 3 | And that 's a beamer , and DaSilva is , stifled in the extreme , it 's a no ball , now whether that was because it was a beamer I think , but we do n't know whether it 's overstretched or not as far as footwork was concerned , it brought a run down to square leg anyway , and er DaSilva is now eighteen , total a hundred and twelve for three . . |
| 4 | Unemployment has fallen in the county , although not as fast as in other parts of the region , but it does appear that some 800 previously unemployed Kent people have gained work as a direct result of the Tunnel . |
| 5 | This does n't show through in practice , though , since under Windows , probably one of the most graphically intensive environments you can have , screen updates are acceptably quick , although not as fast as with Windows-optimized accelerated cards . |
| 6 | At some localities , late leaching has enhanced the reservoir properties of the slope mudstones , although not as commonly as in the Z1 and Z2 Carbonates . |
| 7 | The paintings are now hung in two registers on the walls , although not as thickly as a century or more ago . |
| 8 | The same readiness to supplement the wording of an institution is also found , although not as early as the Republic : Ulpian discusses cases in which the esto of heres esto has been left out , or even the whole expression . |
| 9 | More than Stephen Duck , if not as strongly as Clare , Leapor shows that poets from the lower orders can handle formal verse with the sophistication of their Augustan exemplars . |
| 10 | It melted as it fell , but not as fast as it fell . |
| 11 | His wages have increased , but not as fast as everyone else 's . |
| 12 | Pensions have increased in real terms over the last twenty years , but not as fast as real personal disposable incomes . |
| 13 | The result of all these changes is two-fold , that the UK has been getting richer , but not as fast as the rest of the industrialized world . |
| 14 | For Windows 3.0 users there is a separate set of drivers held on the drivers disk ( they actually work under 3.1 as well , but not as fast as the proper 3.1 drivers ) . |
| 15 | In sum , accelerating accumulation pushed up employment quite rapidly , but not as fast as the stock of capital rose , since mechanization proceeded apace ( figure 8.8 ) . |
| 16 | Now the reason why we 've come together and this has been a recent change and it 's been this year , erm is because there are overlaps without going into deep detail , there are overlaps in our work and we were working together as officer 's anyway , but not as well as we should , so what we decided to do was formally integrate the three teams under the same unit , and we do have regular er internal meetings , management team meetings consisting of John , Pete me and Carol and we so we more co-ordinate the work for all the teams much more systema systematically , that we know what everybody 's doing and that way we believe we can use best use of resources we 've got most effectively . |
| 17 | The Fantasia in F minor , written for mechanical organ but one of the composer 's most intensely dramatic utterances , comes off fairly well ( but not as well as with Frantz and Eschenbach , who are compelling in this great work ) , but I still prefer the weight and variety of organ tone here ; and if the Adagio of the C minor Fugue with its two-piano writing is a trifle ponderous , the D major Sonata for two pianos that follows is not all so . |
| 18 | In many parts of the world , as King 's survey stresses , the redistribution process involves the splitting-up of large estates , where land is farmed to produce a satisfactory return for the owners but not as intensively as could be the case ; insufficient land productivity is thus a contributory cause of the widespread poverty . |
| 19 | As far as strategic partners go , Chuck House , senior vice president of research and development , says Informix is working with Microsoft on Windows NT , but not as closely as competitors Oracle Corp and Sybase Inc . |
| 20 | First day of three : Durham are 119–0 in their first innings against Oxford University BROWNING was probably right in suggesting that England is the place to be when April comes — but not as far as cricketers are concerned . |
| 21 | On a sudden impulse , she reached up to him ( but not as far as she might otherwise have had to do , because of the heels ) and slipped her hands behind his head . |
| 22 | Now , when I touch his cheek with my finger , he responds normally , but not as quickly as he responds when he is held to the breast . |
| 23 | We play sevens but not as seriously as Fiji or Samoa . ’ |
| 24 | But not as hard as her first meeting with Mr Mystery was going to be . |
| 25 | And the heat of the day , combined with a natural anxiety , made me sweat , though not as profusely as Dr Reid , who was continually wiping his pink , bald head . |
| 26 | Although they never spoke directly of Lachlan , each knew the other 's mind ; though not as well as she believed . |
| 27 | This was followed by Mexico , which was in deep trouble , though not as deep as Bolivia . |
| 28 | The roots of this war lie in Yugoslav history ( though not as deep as some claim ) , in the frailty of Tito 's state and in three distinct sorts of nationalism that sprouted as his odd form of communism collapsed . |
| 29 | In spite of the recession the PSBR continued to fall , though not as fast as had been forecast . |
| 30 | Again through the help of kind neighbours I was able to visit him now and again , though not as often as one would have wished . |