Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I .
2 It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be .
3 He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility .
4 Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’
5 ‘ It 's not as simple now as signing a contract with somebody , ’ says Phillips .
6 Not as powerful yet as the Ping Tiao , nor as rich in its resources , yet significant enough to make him change his plans .
7 not as obvious perhaps as the white but
8 Now this was not as magnificent then as it is today .
9 Not as cold not as cold yet as I thought it was going to be .
10 It 's not as bad now as it used to be
11 The King 's Head revival features two distinguished veterans : Constance Cummings , who is amusing if not quite intimidating enough as Mrs St Maugham , and Robert Flemyng , looking every inch the judge .
12 Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter .
13 And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now .
14 ‘ People are n't as poor now as they were years ago , ’ she said .
15 Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be .
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