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not so much ... as (The light from the shelves didn't so much illuminate as highlight the darkness. • The novel was not so much unfinished as unfinishable. • It wasn't so much his appearance I liked as his personality. Alexander Demidov); not ... as much as (I began to realize that Sputnik's mission wasn't really to report the news as much as it was to push a narrative that would either sow doubts about situations that weren't flattering to Russia or its allies. 4uzhoj); not so much ... but (This is a serious threat to the long-life diesel, not so much for the expected increase in ring temperature, but because of the perceived need to reduce oil consumption drastically. Klimzo Alexander Demidov) |
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not as much a... as it is a (This is not as much a recipe as it is a 'how to'; Perl is not as much a reflection of hot new technology as it is a manifestation of old ideas freshly applicable to today's problems Maria Klavdieva) |
