Example sentences of "but [not/n't] so " in BNC.
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| 31 | Both defecting ( refusing to pull ticks off ) is pretty bad , but not so bad as putting effort into pulling another 's ticks off and still ending up infested with ticks oneself . |
| 32 | The thousand-headed and dwarf thousand-headed varieties are the hardiest ; the marrow-stemmed are more palatable but not so frost-resistant . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | He passed the same group of children playing on the rocks and was surrounded , as on the previous day , by a dozen or so pairs of inquisitive hands , young but not so innocent . |
| 35 | ‘ Oh , there are a few , ’ he said , ‘ but not so many in this area . |
| 36 | But not so many cats . |
| 37 | Her face was straight as she looked at him and she spoke the truth when she answered , ‘ I liked it at first ; it was like a holiday after school , but not so of late . ’ |
| 38 | But not so , not entirely . |
| 39 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
| 40 | As you pick up the flesh , squeeze it and apply as much pressure as you can tolerate , but not so much that you bruise the area . |
| 41 | Those women again but not so many . |
| 42 | Nosing around the pier and harbour I learned that the fishing for ‘ 89 had been terrible , but not so bad for ‘ 90 . |
| 43 | A wonderful time for children , but not so good for thousands in cities , nor for the countrymen who lived at subsistence level , and never knew what it was to have a holiday . |
| 44 | The work was interesting but not so demanding that there was no time for anything else . |
| 45 | This would be easy enough to notice but not so easy to interpret . |
| 46 | From that time onwards there was reason still , but not so much reason , to distinguish between trusts and legacies . |
| 47 | The division is reflected rather straightforwardly in considered judgements about the acceptability of sentences containing anaphoric expressions , but not so straightforwardly in on-line processing . |
| 48 | Again , we see the need for flexibility in the control structure , with each component being given enough free rein to contribute fully , but not so much as to force it to take decisions for which it , on its own , has insufficient evidence . |
| 49 | The torrent here was almost as fearsome as it had been at the original crossing point , but not so deep . |
| 50 | Benjamin Franklin s contribution to the identification of electricity in the form of lightning is well known , but not so well appreciated are the subtlety and simplicity of his apparatus and experiments . |
| 51 | It may be difficult to age wild animals , but not so temperate trees , because annually they produce growth rings . |
| 52 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
| 53 | It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second . |
| 54 | Most law-abiding citizens obeyed it but not so the denizens of the slums , stinking alleys and runnels of Edinburgh . |
| 55 | Breeze was fond of Schumann , but not so fond that she could listen to him now ! |
| 56 | But not so the saw-fly larva and certain other specialist feeders , who possess the biochemistry to handle the toxic diet . |
| 57 | There was the contact with friendly adults , but not so close as to suggest to the children that their real parents were being supplanted — a common resentment in foster homes . |
| 58 | But not so . |
| 59 | She 'd been feeling sick a morning or two , but not so as it interfered with her work , and no one remarked on it . |
| 60 | Beware the patrician whose natural argument is that ‘ we are educated and able to make an informed decision , but not so most people , hence we had better protect the masses from their own folly ’ . |