Example sentences of "be [not/n't] so [adj] [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ implications ’ of literacy are not so obvious nor so easily elicited or described as Goody suggests . |
| 2 | The effector processes become slower and less powerful but these effects are not so marked or so consistent . |
| 3 | ‘ I wish my sight were not so powerful and so cunning … . |
| 4 | In case ( c ) the law is not so clear and frequently other factors are present out of which a consideration for the promise can be manufactured . |
| 5 | Pupil leakage is n't about those puddles occasionally found under infant children it 's about losing children to neighbours — it 's not so wet but equally unpleasant . |
| 6 | Barbs is n't so old or so smelly , but she reminds me of him . ’ |
| 7 | My next trip was not so pleasant but nonetheless enlightening , It was with a scratch crew and an experienced navigator who , like myself , had returned to ops after a period in the training world , but also ( like myself ) utterly clueless about present day operations . |