Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] so [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As things stand , sadly , Bailey , one of only 13 homegrown batsmen to begin the summer brandishing a career average in excess of 40 , has not so much tripped between two stools as toppled into a black hole . |
| 2 | that this conference congratulates our Bolshevik comrades of Russia on their splendid efforts to bring about a general peace , and their unflinching opposition to the brigands of international capital , though we deplore the fact that their efforts to stir the workers of all the belligerents to revolutionary action has not so far met with success , yet we promise to do all in our power to awaken the proletariat of this country to class consciousness so that a speedy end may overtake the tyranny of capital . |
| 3 | To the people of his little island , two miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide , ‘ Isle of Muck ’ fetched a tailor from the mainland twice a year and a blacksmith from the Isle of Eigg ( Johnson has not so far reflected upon the name of the laird of Eigg ) . |
| 4 | Not that he would have felt nearly so hard done by had only his wallet suffered by it . |
| 5 | I felt not so much introduced to him as invaded by him . |
| 6 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 7 | The Northern Ireland Act 1982 provides for the existing Assembly ( which lacks both legislative and executive powers ) to make proposals for the transfers to the Assembly of legislative and executive powers but such proposals must be such as to be ‘ likely to command widespread acceptance throughout the community ’ and although attempts are currently under way to evolve such proposals , they have not so far met with success . |
| 8 | As United Kingdom exports increase , there will be a multiplier effect on national income which we have not so far taken into account . |