Example sentences of "[be] [adv] so [adj] as [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days , children were not so sheltered as now from the pressures of adult life , and the exploitation of child prodigies for material gain was not frowned upon . |
| 2 | There is not so much as even a prima facie case for imagining that the ad hoc domestic forces available for the Latin music and the English devotional settings bore any close resemblance to the stereotyped and institutionalized vocal dispositions ( SAATB , succeeding SATB and SATTB ) supplied by the contemporary church choir ; these several bodies of music need to be addressed separately . |
| 3 | It is worth mentioning that the final is not so theoretical as perhaps believed : 40 per cent of the marks are allocated in the practical paper . |
| 4 | But it 's just so sexual as well , you know , for children from four upwards , I just think it 's really bad . |
| 5 | He replied , ‘ the unity of the masses with the party was never so strong as now . |