Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] so [adj] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Overall , the neck has a slightly chunky feel , although not so big as to be restrictive for those who play with a more classical style .
2 Forward of the deckhouse are four more cabins , two on each side of a passageway wide enough to allow a sailbag to be dragged through but not so wide as to be dangerous at sea .
3 It is like that at Aquileia but not so extensive or of such quality ( 202 and 203 ) .
4 He wanted to find her , certainly , but not so much because of his job as a reporter , rather because of what he might learn from her .
5 So you must be relaxed to enable you to groove , but not so relaxed as to be too loose .
6 Such neutrons need not themselves be particularly energetic , but in a matter of minutes a free neutron will decay into an energetic proton and electron , though not so energetic as to readily escape from the magnetosphere .
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