Rewrite sentences so that they have the same meaning. use as … as: 1. investments in 2001 were not lower than in 2002. 2. taxes in european community are not higher than in russia. 3. costs of sales are not lower this year than in 1999. 4. ordinary dividend wasn‘t less than last year. 5. we couldn‘t receive more profit from this company that year. 6. customers don‘t purchase less now than last week.