Example sentences of "have been [verb] [adv] so [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christian thinking has been affected not so much by specific doubts as by the general concept of doubting which is entertained today . |
| 2 | International interest in Manchester 's system has been created not so much by the hardware as by the partnership involved between the public and private sector — the Greater Manchester Metro consortium includes GEC-Alsthom Transportation Projects , Mowlem , Amec , Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and Greater Manchester Buses . |
| 3 | Significantly , the key decisions in containing these disturbances were afterwards said to have been made not so much by the Shah as by his prime minister , Assadollah Alam , vital figure in the development of Iran in the sixties and seventies . |
| 4 | When Ven drew up outside her hotel , Fabia went on to realise just how kind he had been to give up so much of his time . |
| 5 | I ge to be honest though erm half the problem 's been I think that it 's been spoiling off so much crap , you know when I was doing those little things |
| 6 | ‘ You 're asking the road you know , it 's been spelled out so many times : the rich man in his castle , the poor man at his gate . |