Example sentences of "[noun] and [not/n't] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will remember the school play and the theatre trips he organised : they will remember his interest in sport and music : they will recall how they shared their worries and not so ridiculous hopes with him' . |
| 2 | Some catchy and not so catchy tunes help spread the green message . |
| 3 | ‘ Her young man was taken prisoner at Dunkirk and not so long ago her father was badly hurt in the Clydeside blitz , but you 'd never know it . ’ |
| 4 | I remember black faced miners and not so black faced shipyard workers passing to and fro to the nearby yards or the ‘ G ’ pit at the end of the street . |
| 5 | She wished her father and mother were like other parents and not so narrow-minded . |
| 6 | They claim it can relieve migraine and sinusitis and not so surprising , remove ear wax . |
| 7 | Short and not so sweet . |
| 8 | I get good days and not so good days . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If Ferguson is a world beater in one match and not so good in the next , what will people say then ? ’ |
| 10 | Equally sensational to experience is the twin guitar team of brother Rich Robinson and not so raw recruit Marc Ford , who was formerly axe man for Burning Tree and now replaces the ditched Jeff Cease . |
| 11 | My first attempt was a portrait study of a child done from life ; an impossible subject to do directly in paint and not so easy even as a simple drawing . |
| 12 | Billy : ‘ For the first LP ( Gish ) , I was really trying to express more … like a feeling and not so much something specific . |
| 13 | It is hoped that those areas who are large in numbers will raise between three and four hundred pounds each and send this to the Treasurer before Christmas ; those areas who have fewer teachers and not so many classes are asked to raise £100 each . |
| 14 | The most dramatic direct action was taken at Luxulyan , a village set in a beautiful farming area with a local population mix of traditional farmers , well-heeled professionals and not so well-heeled smallholders . |
| 15 | Traditional Keynesian analysis required government to intervene in the economy to affect the total level of demand for goods and services , and to ensure that this level was high enough to be consistent with full employment and not so high that inflation was generated or a balance of payments crisis precipitated . |
| 16 | After all he 's put the money in to pay pensions and the beneficiaries ought to have a strong hand in saying how that money is used , so we see half the trustees coming from the employer , the other half from the members of the pension fund , and we 've got a pension fund with the very heavy weighting of er pensioners and not so many employees and we would like to see the remaining seats er half the trustees elected , partly from the current employees , partly from the deferred pensioners and partly from the pensioners and reflecting in a broad way the numbers in each of those categories . |
| 17 | Because e even in those days er it , it was n't , there 'd be good training hospitals and not so good . |
| 18 | It is , however , generally known that many trade unions choose the winter months for strikes because they can exert more pressure on employers than during other periods of the year and not so much because their members can claim tax rebates . |
| 19 | The house that William had found was down one of the side streets and not so majestic , but it still had a fair bit of the Gothic about it , and the brass knocker on the front door had the face of an ogre . |
| 20 | Although rougher and hairier in texture than wool and man-made carpet and not so soft or luxurious , they come in good colours — the natural shades are particularly attractive — and are tough enough to withstand the most active family on its feet . |