Example sentences of "it 's [adv] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.

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1 It 's already as big as Pa 's gumboot .
2 So it 's not so unbelievable as you think . ’
3 It 's not so rough as some things , it 's not so rough as rugby but perhaps you do n't mind being a bit rough do you ?
4 It 's not so rough as some things , it 's not so rough as rugby but perhaps you do n't mind being a bit rough do you ?
5 ‘ Tucker again ; Exeter , 4 January : Come if you can but it 's not so bad as it seemed . ’
6 Worthwhile marketing is n't a ‘ hit and run ’ activity but needs sustained effort , it 's not necessarily expensive as it 's more to do with attitude and ingenuity rather than resources .
7 They hardly ever do , so it 's not as daring as they make out , is it ?
8 But each one said ooh it 's not as small as we thought it was you see .
9 It 's not as airy-fairy as some of the other criteria that er er might be considered as relevant to erm try and find a general location for this settlement .
10 IT 'S not as elegant as Linda Evangelista 's usual poses , but then who cares when you 're being paid £60,000 a second ?
11 It 's not , it 's not as expensive as it used to be .
12 Eighteenth on the Monday I think so it 'll be twenty erm it 's the fifth is it when I , no it wo n't it 's not as late as that is it eighteenth , nineteenth , twentieth , twenty one about the twenty second , something like that .
13 If you use 110 spring pads , the RR rear axle will fit ( it 's not as strong as a 110 ) and you will need to have a propshaft made up .
14 It 's not as strong as the Earth 's ; the Earth is heavier .
15 it 's not as nice as the macros on WordPerfect but it 's adequate .
16 ‘ And it 's not as hot as the Troop-either , sir . ’
17 It 's not as literal as that , it 's actually quite an old song .
18 But it 's not as simple as that .
19 I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems .
20 And of course because this is biological oceanography it 's not as simple as that there is a third category which is bio-intermediate .
21 But it 's not as simple as that .
22 It 's not as simple as that .
23 But it 's not as simple as it appears .
24 It 's not as simple as that .
25 You only have to sit in there and you hear the rumours and the gossip that 's going around and the thing is , in the staffroom it 's always the bad kids that are talked about , never the good ones , which I suppose makes sense in a way , but as a new teacher , you come in , you hear these rumours like , I used to hear rumours about Kevin ( an Afro-Caribbean pupil ) and I thought , ‘ Oh , God , I 'll have to watch out for Kevin , everybody thinks he 's a trouble-maker and that means he 's bound to be in my class ’ , but I mean it 's not as simple as that , it really is n't …
26 It 's not as simple as that . ’
27 Rohan said , ‘ It 's not as simple as that , Sabine . ’
28 So the experienced person will always be able to take the inexperienced person , it 's not as simple as that , but if you make the administrators responsible to the people in all their decisions , then you have as Mill says inexperience sitting in judgment on experience , ignorance sitting in judgment on knowledge .
29 It 's not as simple as you can have the P A , because you need someone to set it up .
30 Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet .
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