Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwin was not specific as to why males should typically compete more strongly for access to breeding partners than females and it was left to biologists of this century to provide the answer ( Fisher , 1930 ; Bateman , 1948 ; Trivers , 1972 ) . |
| 2 | Composed largely of oil , not rubber as in the past , they are relatively richer in energy capacity than equivalent quantities of coal . |
| 3 | [ The ICAEW ethics guidelines are not clear as to whether this courtesy is to be extended to non-UK based auditors ] . |
| 4 | [ The ICAEW ethics guidelines are not clear as to whether this courtesy is to be extended to non-UK based auditors ] |
| 5 | [ The ICAEW Ethics guidelines are not clear as to whether this courtesy is to be extended to non-UK based auditors ] . |
| 6 | Para 5.2.6 We are not clear as to the meaning of the final sentence in this paragraph . |
| 7 | Yes I do but are y I 'm sorry I 'm not clear as to whether you are suggesting that there should be policy upper case criteria and some non policy lower case criteria . |
| 8 | The CPA 1987 is not clear as to what constitutes a holding-out and much will depend upon how the branding is perceived by the reasonable consumer . |
| 9 | As we said then , these were indicative in character and not comprehensive as to the levels or to the range of performance which might emerge at any one level or from a particular child . |
| 10 | Er but but it it is not simple as in any of these matters er in that the change in the vacant dwellings difference here also has a consequential figure for dwellings different at the end . |
| 11 | Here is the vital distinction : binding and printing are structurally one , not separate as in a cased book . |
| 12 | While the 1923 Report to the Board of Education by the Consultative Committee on differentiating the curriculum for boys and girls in secondary schools was not convinced as to ‘ clear and ascertained differences between the sexes on which education policy may be readily based ’ , it stressed the danger of ‘ over pressure ’ in the education of girls . |
| 13 | This means that the details of the contracts are not negotiable as with forward contracts . |
| 14 | We 're not fast as in this . |
| 15 | It was dark but not black-dark as inside the tube . |
| 16 | Records added to a file are blocked in the same way as the original data and not unblocked as in ISAM . |
| 17 | Complete results of the July 29 elections were not available as of mid-August , but according to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Aug. 16 the MPRP had received at least 60 per cent of the votes and had won over 340 of the 430 seats in the People 's Great Hural . |
| 18 | She was not precise as to the nature of Gray 's relationship with either . |
| 19 | Their basic motive is no mystery , ‘ they want nothing more than we all want — money , power , consideration — in a word success ; but they are in a hurry and are not particular as to their means ’ ( Ross 1907 : 46 ) . |
| 20 | Thus a defendant who has no knowledge of the falsity ( and was not reckless as to it ) when the brochure was published , could still lie guilty if he had acquired that knowledge before the brochure was subsequently read . |
| 21 | One is guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm even though one does not intend to do so and one is not reckless as to the result : Savage [ 1991 ] 4 All ER 698 ( HL ) . |
| 22 | This was not surprising as by now instructions had been received from the Allies prohibiting any further Japanese initiative . |
| 23 | If the registrar of the court is not satisfied as to the propriety of the purpose of the inspection , he may refuse it . |
| 24 | She was n't sure as to whether er it would work out . |