Example sentences of "[is] by [prep] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This treatment , which originated in Japan , is by no means as violent as it sounds and it can be used , in varying degrees , on anyone from babies to the very old . |
| 2 | With the next moult it will have regrown its missing claw , although the new one is by no means as impressive as the original . |
| 3 | This is by no means as quick and easy as using the colour changer , but at least the designs are a possibility . |
| 4 | The air around each of them is by no means as sweet-smelling as it was then and the water that flows over the falls into the harbour is certainly not as pure . |
| 5 | He is by no means as feeble as he appears , and the Homunculi will appear from area 65 to fight with him if they have not already been destroyed . |
| 6 | This task is by no means as simple as it sounds . |
| 7 | Classifying and even counting these institutions is by no means as simple a task as one might think . |
| 8 | The high level of usage of temporary workers in public administration , where union density is high and formal systems of negotiation and consultation firmly established , already suggests that the relationship is by no means as straightforward as the initial proposition implies , and this applies also to private sector establishments . |
| 9 | Nonetheless , in spite of the widespread nature of the phenomenon , there is no agreed explanation of the causes , and these are probably as complex as the process itself , which is by no means as simple as it first seems . |
| 10 | However , Q&A is by no means as sophisticated as either WordPerfect or WordStar . |
| 11 | Q&A is your best bet for simplicity and ease of use , but beware ; the word processing side is by no means as sophisticated as either WordStar or WordPerfect . |
| 12 | Although Moscow undertook a trade push in Latin America in the late 1960s ( offering credits of $100 million to Brazil in 1966 , $57 million to Chile in 1967 , $2 million to Colombia and $20 million to Uruguay in 1968 ) and saw its efforts pay off to some extent with a steady increase in turnover between the two regions during the 1970s , the true extent of the Soviet economic presence in Latin America is by no means as great as many observers claim ( see appendix for detailed figures on Soviet trade with Latin America ) . |
| 13 | Teaching at a kindergarten , looking after an American baby boy and sharing a flat with three other girls is by no means as stimulating as meeting Anwar Sadat , President of Egypt , or dining at the White House . |
| 14 | As Dennis McKerlie reveals , this is by no means as straightforward as might be imagined . |
| 15 | Determining the meanings of words is by no means as simple as one may think . |