Example sentences of "[conj] not [adv] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Those notices , ’ announced Gus clearly to the general air , but not so loudly as to reach unauthorised ears , ‘ mean exactly what they say . |
| 2 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 3 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |
| 4 | The day had been hot ; in fact , the previous week had been very hot and so the roads and streets were paved with ridged flags of mud , hardbaked , but not so hard as to prevent their surfaces being skimmed off into dust which , in some streets of the town , seemed to be floating waist high like a mist rising from water . |
| 5 | In spite of the recession the PSBR continued to fall , though not as fast as had been forecast . |
| 6 | New captain Terry Moncur and Alabaster both won in the afternoon singles , though not as handsomely as expected , but only Kenny Breeze managed to score points thereafter . |