Example sentences of "not as [adj] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles is not as indifferent to paintings as he pretends . |
| 2 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 3 | The development of a study of consumption may then be integrated , not as dichotomous to relations of production , nor as a universal social function , but as a continually growing element of modern culture , which must therefore play an increasingly prominent role in attempts to understand the nature of contemporary societies . |
| 4 | The implications of these points are that wider markets are not as familiar to suppliers as local markets , and they must therefore seek out sources of information about distant markets . |
| 5 | Since the node-link-node triples are not as meaningful to readers as they are to those who made the semantic net , the author may place any phrase in the margin . |