Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might think that clause 2 is insufficient : to believe that p is not so strong as to be certain that p , and to know one must be certain , not just believe . |
| 2 | The need for them is not so apparent as for the other S's , however for long term survival they all play a vital role . |
| 3 | However , one attempt to test the extent of misreporting ( Martin/Butcher , 1982 ) found that , in general , it was not so great as to be a cause for concern . |
| 4 | In marginal cases , the court will have to be convinced that a substantially limiting disability exists but that , as a result , the individual is not so disabled as to be unable to perform the job in question . |
| 5 | In fact the staff student ratios of the early 1980s are not much different from the pre-expansion figures , though they are generally not so good as in Britain or the US . |
| 6 | Which was it , my dear ? — uncertain not so much as to the identity of the town as to the quickest way to introduce his small and attendant wife . |
| 7 | ‘ The actual loss of merchandise was not so much as to be catastrophic . |
| 8 | However much the Donation had been perfected and refined by the twelfth century to fit into other papal arguments , there still remained the basic problem not so much as to the origin of power as to its descent . |
| 9 | All men even if they are not so fortunate as to be scientists or artists have still within them the capability to transform their lives into ones of creativity . |
| 10 | The USSR is not so monolithic as to be devoid of élite politics . |
| 11 | The section provides the procedure whereby the holder of a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) may obtain the consent of the licensing board to the reconstruction or alteration of the public or common part of the premises where the reconstruction or alteration is not so material as to be excluded by subs . |
| 12 | But life in the Court of Appeal and , even more , in the House of Lords is not so strenuous as in the High Court ( or below ) , personal prestige and status are higher among the fewer , with a life peerage at the top . |
| 13 | This not only serves to give the issues all the appearance of being fundamental and crucial , but also conceals the fact that matters are not so simple as to be accurately captured by such a dualistic portrayal . |
| 14 | But this rule is not so simple as at first sight it looks , for it means , not that priority is gained by registration , but that it is lost through failure to register . |
| 15 | Forward of the deckhouse are four more cabins , two on each side of a passageway wide enough to allow a sailbag to be dragged through but not so wide as to be dangerous at sea . |
| 16 | It is also very much of an ideal size — not so large as to be overwhelming , yet large enough to sustain a wide variety of cultural enjoyment in the Arts , Music and Drama . |
| 17 | So you must be relaxed to enable you to groove , but not so relaxed as to be too loose . |
| 18 | If there are ‘ accidents ’ in the garden it is not so important as on the lounge carpet . |
| 19 | Overall , the neck has a slightly chunky feel , although not so big as to be restrictive for those who play with a more classical style . |
| 20 | And while I am not so naive as to thing that they have the time or the motivation to sample every title on the Whitbread short list , a good number of these men think they ought to . |
| 21 | Also , it will show that we are not so parochial as to be concerned only with money and the minutiae of City affairs . |
| 22 | Here the smaller aperture and higher magnification means that the images are not so bright as in the former pairs , and the field is smaller still . |
| 23 | ‘ Though they may cheat each other , it is not so bad as in the city . ’ |
| 24 | Where the change is not so fundamental as to be caught by this rule and the departure follows upon some dispute , client notification will not be unconnected with whatever restraint covenants have been imposed on the outgoing partner(s) . |
| 25 | Such neutrons need not themselves be particularly energetic , but in a matter of minutes a free neutron will decay into an energetic proton and electron , though not so energetic as to readily escape from the magnetosphere . |
| 26 | It is comforting that requirements of condition are not so exacting as in the printed book world . |
| 27 | They may consider that many forms of non-consensual sexual intercourse are not so grave as to be labelled rape . |
| 28 | It was not merely permissive as in the sense of the general power conferred by the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 ( 30 Vict. c. 6 ) , considered in Metropolitan Asylum District v. Hill ( 1881 ) 6 App . |
| 29 | Infrared radiation is absorbed by a diamond in a process that involves the creation of two vibrations , not just one as in common salt ; the frequency of the radiation equals the combined frequency of the vibrations . |
| 30 | There are still some inhabitants of the village who work locally in agriculture though not as many as of yore and many of the newer villagers commute further afield to their daily jobs . |