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 . |