Example sentences of "and [not/n't] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later still again , she was doing her A's , there was Daddy talking to them over the shepherd 's pie about Keir Hardie , and her saying , ‘ Oh gosh I see , yes — ! ’ and Mummy laughing , ‘ Can we all eat and not so much learned talk . |
| 2 | In the absence of any corporate direction , BR 's excursion trains then were not much more than a mishmash of bright and not so bright ideas by divisional and area managers , which lost as much money as they made . |
| 3 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
| 4 | And not so Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov , both hyperconscious men , and both ( as we shall see ) linked by their condition to the city which Peter the Great pondered over and then ordered to be built . |
| 5 | His father did not mind his son becoming an Anglican priest but wished that he were not so Anglo-Catholic and not so high-principled about bishops . |
| 6 | I remember black faced miners and not so black faced shipyard workers passing to and fro to the nearby yards or the ‘ G ’ pit at the end of the street . |
| 7 | Racing : Richard Baerlein summarises the best of today 's betting prospects Smart Tar on course for Mandarin THE MANDARIN Handicap Chase , now sponsored by Save and Prosper , has many happy memories for some and not so happy for others . |
| 8 | Her face became twisted and not so pretty , and as her voice grew louder it lost its cultured tones and took on a snarling harshness . |
| 9 | The most dramatic direct action was taken at Luxulyan , a village set in a beautiful farming area with a local population mix of traditional farmers , well-heeled professionals and not so well-heeled smallholders . |
| 10 | Most women who have come , either as mums or as mums-to-be , have found the group useful for social & emotional support and also for practical swapping of ideas and solutions for the minor and not so minor problems we all have as new mums . |
| 11 | Most women who have come , either as new mums or as mums to be , have found the group useful for social & emotional support and also for practical swapping of ideas and solutions for the minor and not so minor problems we all have as new mums . |
| 12 | Therefore considerations of safety relate mainly to operational capability to handle chemicals safely and not so much to the characteristics of the product . |
| 13 | Wainwright 's , Livingstone 's and Hattersley 's articles all provoked various letters in response and hence we can begin to detect a limited , but not insignificant , space for discussion and criticism being opened up within the periphery of critical and not so critical journals . |
| 14 | The rash may take one of several forms — it may mimic a host of rare and not so rare skin conditions . |
| 15 | Read typical and not so typical letter fare from people just like you — readers . |
| 16 | And not so much of the old stick . |
| 17 | They will remember the school play and the theatre trips he organised : they will remember his interest in sport and music : they will recall how they shared their worries and not so ridiculous hopes with him' . |
| 18 | Surreptitiously photographed at very close quarters he shows us moments in the sand — moments private and not so private . |
| 19 | Even if you do not have any problems as such , Alexander lessons will probably help you to feel less irritable and not so worried about life in general . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a lovely piano , and not so very much out of tune . |
| 21 | Here are some of the comments : ‘ My skin is more supple and not so dry . ’ |
| 22 | We review the modern — and not so modern — substitutes . |
| 23 | ‘ It 'll be cooler and not so dusty along by the water . ’ |
| 24 | Billy : ‘ For the first LP ( Gish ) , I was really trying to express more … like a feeling and not so much something specific . |
| 25 | Flaps conceal hiding places — obvious and not so obvious — and a detachable child 's figure can be moved around so the game can be played over and over . |
| 26 | American Al Martino had the first No. 1 in Christmas 1952 and since then some of pop 's most famous , and not so famous , names have joined the seasonal roll of honour . |
| 27 | His substitute and colleague , ensured that the dance floor was filled all night with dancers young and not so young enjoying a varied programme , leaving the floor reluctantly at 12.30am . |
| 28 | She wished her father and mother were like other parents and not so narrow-minded . |
| 29 | ‘ Her young man was taken prisoner at Dunkirk and not so long ago her father was badly hurt in the Clydeside blitz , but you 'd never know it . ’ |
| 30 | Others , clutching large and not so large towels to their exposed crotches , stood rooted to the spot appalled . |