Example sentences of "[subord] not [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the heyday for Greek columns was between the 1830s and the 1850s , the classical style carried on although not to the same degree . |
| 2 | The offices on the mainland also saw their fee income fall , although not to the same extent . |
| 3 | This shows that after a freshening in the early 1970s , the salinity ( and temperature ) began to increase in the early 1980s , although not to the same level as in 1970 . |
| 4 | This is fairly well known , but it is not commonly realized that synthetic detergents are affected deleteriously by the hardness of the water , although not to the same extent as soaps . |
| 5 | We found that Blacks were over-represented , although not to the same extent as in London , 6 per cent . |
| 6 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
| 7 | More disposals are likely in 1992 , although not at the same rate as last year . |
| 8 | Any particular location only appeared once in the 48 stimuli , however , stimuli consisted of 24 pairs where the two films in any pair showed an identical manoeuvre in similar traffic conditions although not at the same location . |
| 9 | Both these plants are hardy and although not in the front rank of ornamentals , are worth growing in a large border or even on the bank of a stream or lake provided they are kept away from the wet margin . |
| 10 | Within a few years Dunkirk Mills was under the control , although not in the complete ownership of Peter Playne , of a long-established clothier family of Flemish descent . |
| 11 | Both house and mill were recently offered for sale and , although not in the best of condition , their potential was obvious . |
| 12 | Although not in the top league of hotels , it is one of the most pleasant hotels in Prague and retains many of the original fixtures and fittings . |
| 13 | However , while slavery and colonialism contributed to the ‘ underdevelopment ’ of Africa , the Caribbean and India — and similar processes were at work in other colonies , often under other colonial powers , although not in the white Dominions of Australia , New Zealand and Canada — Britain obtained significant economic benefits from its imperial domination . |
| 14 | Although not in the thick of it , she suffered some damage and lost seven killed and twenty-one wounded . |
| 15 | Spar 's wine selection has been steadily upgraded since Philippa Carr 's arrival , and although not in the same league as the major supermarkets , it is still a very handy outlet . |
| 16 | Besides being the only decent covered area at ‘ The Tip ’ , the stand was a local landmark , and although not in the same class perhaps as the Eiffel Tower , it was held in great affection by nearby residents . |
| 17 | Every lawyer in the team is a supervisor for another lawyer and is in turn supervised , although not by the same lawyer . |
| 18 | The National Health Service is still excluded ( although not from the three E's examinations ) , as are the nationalized industries . |
| 19 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 20 | Saturday was the day when she and Cissie rolled up their sleeves and turned out enough pies and bread to last the whole week , more often than not with the dubious help of Richard . |
| 21 | However , many women are forced into part time , low-grade jobs — more often than not in the public sector . |
| 22 | Once you 've chopped off the top ten , there are mass mi middle , medium sized P L C's , the nine million to fifty million turnover er company and they 're looked after by some by major firms , some more often than not by the second tier firms , so we can see very much and we can penetrate those er that middle market situation , then these are the companies in the future that will er will probably be the big P L C's and also these it will be easier to get into these organisations er with the services that we have to look through to offer . |
| 23 | She now believed that her sister had died , if not through the direct actions of the people downstairs , then at least through her unhealthy associations with them . |
| 24 | The class gets used to performing at a particular speed and also the movement becomes greatly disturbed if not at the right tempo . |
| 25 | He 'd met Sean Penn maybe 20 times , and they went to the same clubs on Melrose and Sunset , even if not at the same time or on the same night . |
| 26 | Kinnock did much to knock the Labour Party , if not into the 1990s , then at least into something resembling a political organisation capable of escaping from the 1970s . |
| 27 | Put him in wig and gown , though , and George is transformed , if not into the Caped Crusader , then at the very least into the Gowned Gladiator . |
| 28 | Loretta had the grace to feel uncomfortable , if not for the right reasons . |
| 29 | He called his acceptance of human sexuality and respect for the female energy Red Thread Zen , acknowledging that life itself would not exist if not for the umbilical cord that connects us to the feminine . |
| 30 | She would have stayed asleep , too , if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment . |