| I've had to stop trying to look for cracks and flaws to prove that it's not as good as it seems. |
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| Our argument is that the job situation in the coalfield areas is not as good as it looks from the figures. |
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| Chances are, he's better than most walk-ons but not as good as most first-year scholarship players. |
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| The coffee itself is better than some, not as good as others, but profanely overpriced. |
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| Unfortunately, it is often not enough and the final designs that we turn into deliverable software are still not as good as they should be. |
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| One could say that it was not as good as in a strictly Italian resto, but still it was very good. |
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| This proves the point that wealth is not as good as work, nor riches as good as earnings. |
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| Everything was tasty and dependable, but not as good as 2nd Ave. soup or Katz's corned beef. |
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| Maybe Australia are not as good as New Zealand but the intensity and heat was there. |
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| This means that the Cougar has excellent night vision, even though its colour vision is not as good as ours. |
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| Fourth, one has to face the fact that the quality of the average PhD is not as good as it might be. |
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| The media exposes us on a daily basis to the idea that things are not as good as they seem. |
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| Overall, the wear resistance of gunmetal is not as good as phosphor bronze. |
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| This must be an indication that team spirit and morale was not as good as it should be. |
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| Seiffert's free verse is not as good as her debonair balladry, nor are the poems of Elijah Hay equal to those of Emanuel Morgan or Anne Knish. |
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| Although he has interviewed so many world figures, when asked if he is a good judge of character he says he's not as good as Carina. |
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| I was very fond of plain chocolate, though it was not as good as what you can buy today. |
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| This may be due to the fact that the professional training situation in these countries is not as good as in northern countries. |
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| Thin films are simply not as good as pure bulk materials, even if they are cheaper, so it's incredibly important to make sure that the very most is made of the incoming light. |
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| But you can also doctor up store-bought mayo with pretty good results — not as good as making it from scratch, but not bad either. |
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| Surely, at times I am not as good as I should be, my character is what it is, but the main point is to love and to be fond of everybody. |
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| Mr President, my English is not as good as that of my colleague, Mr Tannock, but I think defiling' is the wrong word. |
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| The other Board member thought that having one person provide advice was not as good as having the perspective of a committee. |
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| Sometimes, we think we are not as good as we really are, and this prevents people from applying for positions in the federal public service. |
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| But the will of elected officials is to serve the population even if the road network is not as good as we hope it would be. |
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| The reality is that in an increasingly globalized economy, our understanding of these linkages and spillovers is not as good as it should be. |
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| However, this is not as good as it can be painful and the goat releases less milk. |
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| The Public Risk is comparatively better but not as good as in the best regions of the world. |
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| I had 6th row seats, which were definitely not as good as front row, but they were still excellent seats! |
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| Unfortunately, in political context, relations between Ukraine and Germany are not as good as economic. |
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| This is reasonable, since the blended ratio reflects industry experience, which is not as good as company experience in this example. |
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| Even now, antenatal care is not as good as it could be and there are reports of preventable infant deaths. |
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| I have caught many large fish during the full or new moon phase and while the catch rate is not as good as on other nights, trout still take my offering. |
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| We're not as good as some of the other teams, but we have a good laugh. |
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| That giddiness is a warm and fuzzy feeling, almost as good as being drunk but definitely not as good as being gay. |
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| Backstroke and butterfly are OK, but they're not as good as the other two. |
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| The catch was a good one but not as good as three other stunning efforts which ensured that Yorkshire had a constant struggle on their hands in the sultry weather. |
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| While there is some merit in this, and it seems well intentioned, it is not as good as drawing the client out through good questions, listening carefully, and attending to what is happening with Anne as an individual. |
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| Data on income, wealth, health, and incarceration, to name a few indicators, confirm that in many ways the lives of blacks are not as good as that of whites. |
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| After discussions with the defence lawyer and the victim of the offence, the prosecution is convinced that the evidence is not as good as she thought it was initially. |
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| Trying to manage and white knuckle this issue is not as good as it gets. |
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| Even where a technology could be competitive, it may be difficult to disseminate it because distribution channels for new technologies are not as good as those for established technologies. |
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| Whilst having good color sensitivity, it is not as good as humans or sheep. |
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| While teachers saw the program as better than home schooling but not as good as being in class, students and parents were much more positive about the experience. |
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| While the growth in our installed base is certainly an accomplishment to take pride in, during the course of the year we recognized that the performance of this division was not as good as we were expecting. |
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| The Commission notes that comments from Greenpeace point to the fact that it is quite likely that the business prospects for THORP and SMP are not as good as they originally seemed. |
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| In addition, the test results were not as good as she had hoped. |
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| You get the gigglers and smirkers and for a disciplinarian like Perrin, whose English is not as good as that of Benitez or Mourinho, it can become a big problem. |
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