Example sentences of "not [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , impediments to women 's lives will not disappear as quickly as Mrs Thatcher did . |
| 2 | Although our sense of smell does not compare as favourably as some of our other senses , it allows us to detect tiny traces of a very wide range of complex chemicals . |
| 3 | Since the opening of the Sterling Commercial Paper ( SCP ) market in 1986 , there have been regular issues but the market has not developed as quickly as national ( as opposed to euro ) commercial paper markets in many other European countries . |
| 4 | EASE is the biggest operation by a long way , although electronic selling has not developed as quickly as the ANM Group hoped when it introduced the idea from Canada . |
| 5 | Older people do not adapt as easily as young people . |
| 6 | Martin uses balloon fabric , as it does not crease as easily as spinnaker ripstop . |
| 7 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 8 | ‘ When the recovery does come , we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 9 | When the recovery comes we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Traditionally , the more active members have tended to belong to local groups , and the numbers of groups and group members have not grown as fast as the national membership . |
| 12 | Searches are not made as frequently as staff would like , because they say , shortages mean there simply are n't enough officers to do it . |
| 13 | ‘ If a co-ordinated effort is not made as quickly as possible , the death toll could increase dramatically to become a major catastrophe , ’ said Mr Demoze Kebebu , regional representative of Ethiopia 's Bureau of Refugee Affairs . |
| 14 | ‘ His hip 's not mending as quickly as it ought , which makes him very impatient . |
| 15 | This sector of the market has not expanded as rapidly as expected . |
| 16 | Because of the recession , there is a prospect that more of that money will flow back out of Washington afterwards in refunds to taxpayers who did not do as well as in the past . |
| 17 | Roger did not do as well as hoped in his ‘ A ’ levels , but will probably go to Birmingham to do a BSc in Computer Engineering . |
| 18 | So widows in large houses ( who always feature prominently in arguments about property taxes ) will not do as badly as under the rates . |
| 19 | Often he is afraid that these jobs will not be done , or not done as well as he would do them . |
| 20 | An old favourite it is sometimes available , if not seen as often as Corydoras aneus and Corydoras paleatus . |
| 21 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 22 | The rapidly rising birth rate is only part of the explanation , since the birth rate has not risen as fast as urban populations have increased . |
| 23 | It does not grow as fast as N. indicum , but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species . |
| 24 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Lubricated condoms do not break as easily as non-lubricated ones . |
| 27 | Despite its impressive growth it represents only 5 per cent of the total population and is not growing as fast as evangelical sects . |
| 28 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 29 | Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces . |
| 30 | The fact that the long-stay population was not declining as rapidly as had been thought meant an expensive ‘ double running ’ situation . |