Example sentences of "not so [adj] as [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite a lot of guesswork and estimation has to go into this , but the margins of error are not so great as to nullify the whole enterprise . |
| 2 | However , they 're not so stupid as to allow the adventurers to forge such a document right in front of them and get away with it . |
| 3 | When you are making these settings , go for levels which give good , solid recordings but are not so high as to overload the tape on signal peaks . |
| 4 | An " optimum " rate of population growth could be considered one which while it increases the labour supply , is not so fast as to outgrow the supportive powers of the economy and prevent income per head from rising . |
| 5 | However , he is not so undiplomatic as to resist the horrendous hospitality of overindulgent underdeveloped countries . |
| 6 | The high regard with which the instructor force was held was best summed up by the comment that , ‘ Instructors are good professionals but not so sophisticated as to bemuse the trainees ’ . |
| 7 | County council officials have already gone on record as saying the humps are not so severe as to pose a major problem for the buses . |
| 8 | I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals . |
| 9 | The top end cuts through while the bass is not so fat as to mask the octave strings , but retains enough warmth to sound smooth and chunky on power chords . |