Example sentences of "not [adj] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps some of your problems are not technical so much as aesthetic . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not belt-tightening as much as slow strangulation . ’ |
| 3 | But not half as many as will laugh at you for writing such a loathsome , snivelling letter to the NME . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not half so keen as she is — she 's absolutely dedicated . |
| 5 | He may be shy at first , but after a while he will get over that : he is not half so shy as he was , of course not . |
| 6 | Mammoth 's not half so good as either . ’ |
| 7 | ’ Not half so wild as that one upstairs , ’ came the tart response . |
| 8 | There 's a lot of erm , conflicting ideas about using Abbey 's rate book and , and you might look very confusing in itself , but actually it 's not half so bad as it seems . |
| 9 | The shelves of JS have many tempting desserts , but not many as healthy as Fruit Purée , exclusive to JS . |
| 10 | Its critics list many , not all as solid as they sound : |
| 11 | UNFORTUNATE THAT their debut LP should arrive just as Virgin are dumping Boy George 's label , since E-Zee Possee 's stuff is not all as piss-poor as singles like ‘ Breathin' Is E-ZEE ’ might lead you to believe . |
| 12 | Demands for capital are still high until our infrastructure is up to standard ; that is why we are not all as rich as some would like to make out . |
| 13 | ‘ Everyday Is Like Sunday ’ — I just hope they 're not all as crap as this one turned out to be . |
| 14 | We 're not all as bad as we 're painted . |
| 15 | Such fears , however , proved to be unfounded and the economic indicators for the end of the year were not all as bad as anticipated . |
| 16 | Provided they were n't all as gruesome as the Emissary . |
| 17 | Lamond was talking to some people and then as he was leaving he came by me and said , ‘ But , you know , it was n't all as beautiful as you might imagine ! ’ |