Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The symbol of race , however , was not so unambiguous as the symbol of communism . |
| 2 | It is , obviously , deeper than the light trance , but not so deep that the patient will not be aware of what is going on around him . |
| 3 | ‘ Not so good if the wife decides to drop in , ’ McLeish offered , with interest . |
| 4 | However , the complications created by roots are not so acute when the tree is standing on level land . |
| 5 | It is perhaps not so surprising that the penis becomes so wilfully difficult in later life when you consider the punishment that is doles out to it in adolescence . |
| 6 | Warranties ‘ are other obligations which , though they must be performed , are not so vital that a failure to perform them goes to the substance of the contract . ’ |
| 7 | While not so attractive as the male it still shows the red stripes down the side and a hint of the red spots in the caudal peduncle . |
| 8 | The reason for this might be that it feels more possible to grieve the death of someone or something that is perhaps significant , but not so important as the death of the spouse . |
| 9 | European race feldeggii looks smaller and slenderer than Peregrine and differs also in its browner ( but not so brown as the Saker ) upperparts , pinkish underparts , rufous or buff crown and nape and much narrower moustachial stripe ; also has longer tail and blunter wings . |
| 10 | It is not so obvious that the second , negative claim of conventionalism also serves the ideal of protected expectations . |
| 11 | This room is as cold as a cabin in the frozen woods , but it is not so cold as the heart of the person to whom I gave my love , my hope , my talent . |
| 12 | Partly because there is a reward in the form of interest for taking the risk ; partly because the consequences are not so dire when a trip to the building society can quickly put things right . |
| 13 | Therefore , s.5(4) applies to voidable contracts ; that is , where the mistake is not so fundamental that the contract is void . |
| 14 | Amis hopes that it 's cloudy , but not so cloudy that the owner should come back and start breathing over his shoulder again . |
| 15 | I could fancy her if she was n't so old and a teacher . |