Example sentences of "not [vb infin] quite the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Categories such as ‘ theatre and entertainment ’ or ‘ cinema and film ’ did not include quite the same things in 1987 as in 1961 , or not in the same proportions . |
| 2 | Members of the public , that is : public figures , says the report , need not expect quite the same degree of sanctuary . |
| 3 | Sadly many of them did not show quite the high standard of dress they expect of their pupils . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , people do not feel quite the same craving to buy products made of recycled materials . |
| 5 | Such arguments as these suggest that price subsidies and in-kind transfers do not possess quite the overwhelming advantage for the stimulation of consumption of goods that appeared to be evident above . |
| 6 | This borrowed item , no doubt bequeathed by some burly and well-meaning district commissioner , does not possess quite the same significance in this ambience as it had in its original context . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ Frau Nordern sat bolt upright and gave Marx her commanding glare which , however , did not have quite the same effect on him as it had done on the Duty Officer . |
| 8 | A ‘ Dear Joan ’ feature , the letters of Mrs Kinnock to her chum Miss Joan Ruddock , does not have quite the same humorous potential . |
| 9 | In the totalitarian state however , agriculture does not have quite the same result . |
| 10 | The supposed expansion in directions perpendicular to AD still ensures that there can be no stable periodic orbits , but an analysis similar to that in the previous section does not have quite the same result . |
| 11 | While the prospect of cycling through York is attractive the idea of doing the same thing in Newcastle or Middlesbrough does not have quite the same allure . |
| 12 | BRITAIN 'S national indoor athletics championships at Birmingham will not seem quite the same this weekend with new sponsors , no Cosford , no national TV coverage and no Linford Christie . |
| 13 | The work does not offer quite the same opportunities for an indulgent emotional approach , perhaps because the prevalence of the march motto-theme keeps conductors nearer to the straight and narrow . |
| 14 | George Birkitt did n't show quite the same smooth tact in his dealings with the actor he was replacing . |
| 15 | Closely related species , however , like chimps and humans , have such large chunks of adjacent contents in common that we can easily identify them as basically the same , even though we ca n't use quite the same addressing system for the two species . |
| 16 | It does n't look quite the same . |
| 17 | Farmoor Reservoir does n't provide quite the same conditions as those off the coast of Brittany . |
| 18 | It does n't sound quite the same when you put it on at the desk . ’ |
| 19 | A literal translation would be ‘ undertaker ’ , which does n't have quite the right ring ! |
| 20 | Erm we have er land in the sort of places which compete with Stoakesly although we do n't have quite the rural environment , except as was mentioned , at Guisborough . |
| 21 | Nigel had often thought of stealing a girlfriend off his son , but did n't have quite the same tastes . |
| 22 | ‘ Bent ’ does n't have quite the same connotations over here , by the way … |
| 23 | The Jayhawks know what it 's like laying dimes on railroad tracks and bareback horse-riding through Nevada ( trainspotting in Crewe and donkey rides in Brighton do n't have quite the same ring ) . |
| 24 | We do , after all , sneer rather more than our US cousins and somehow ‘ Have a nice day ’ and exhortations to visit the Château De La Belle Au Bois Dormant wo n't have quite the same flavour in French . |
| 25 | THERE 'S A wise old saying ( actually it 's the title of a Bruce Willis album , but that does n't have quite the same authoritative ring ) that goes ‘ What does n't kill you , only makes you stronger ’ . |
| 26 | A more accurate description might be desktop composition or desktop page layout — but these do n't have quite the same ring to them . |
| 27 | his clothes by hand before I went back to work and of course I do n't have quite the same time |
| 28 | To catch one accidentally does n't have quite the same distinction or achievement , even so its capture should count . |
| 29 | It did n't seem quite the same , anyway , as I got bigger . |
| 30 | When things are going well there does n't seem quite the same need to be faithful . |