is not so much as(Bob_cat); 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. KlimzoAlexander Demidov); rather than(Stas-Soleil); less... than(Rheinhardt would thank them for their oily flattery,
never admitting that his talent was less genius than a symptom — of acute
physical distress.Abysslooker)
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 problemsMaria Klavdieva)
not something but rather something else(The man did not see it as an obstacle but rather as an opportunity for growth. • Life today is guided not by logic and reason but rather by emotion, fear and sentimentality.Abysslooker)
