Example sentences of "[not/n't] as great [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistance of a fair tide is not as great as the hindrance of a foul tide — as any boatman will tell . |
| 2 | Apprehension over Japanese revival was not as great as the Soviet fears over a German revival but the trend of American policy towards Japan could only be regarded as alarming from the Soviet perspective . |
| 3 | ‘ We realised we had to have a price rise but not as great as the council have proposed , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The commission 's chairman , Professor Ian Percy , said he believed the expenditure involved in changing to the council tax was still money well spent even if the savings were not as great as the Government had hoped . |
| 5 | However the decrease in ATF1 RNA is not as great as the reduction in protein levels , suggesting that other mechanisms are involved in regulating ATF1 protein levels during differentiation . |