Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] not so " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work is for everyone — fit and not so fit — young and old . |
| 2 | The binoculars should be powerful enough for you to see what you want but not so bulky that you find them too heavy and awkward to hold for any length of time . |
| 3 | Later still again , she was doing her A's , there was Daddy talking to them over the shepherd 's pie about Keir Hardie , and her saying , ‘ Oh gosh I see , yes — ! ’ and Mummy laughing , ‘ Can we all eat and not so much learned talk . |
| 4 | It is hard to imagine that not so very long ago there were no words for sellotape , instant-mix , deep-freeze , TV , drip-dry , silicon chip or jet-lag . |
| 5 | oh well I , I think it did , it did emerge but not so clearly , but it did emerge in Mr evidence |
| 6 | On these occasions , it is hard to realise that not so very far away , industry and commerce are hard at work . |
| 7 | I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man . |
| 8 | Your man might have tendencies towards ruthlessness , like to be in control of people and situations , make his own rules , be good at taking but not so good at giving . |
| 9 | the Trader shall be entitled at any time prior to commencement of transit to give seven days ' written notice to the Carrier requiring that the aforementioned £800 per tonne limit be increased but not so as to exceed the value of the Consignment and in the event of such notice being given the Trader shall within the said seven days agree with the Carrier an increase in the carriage charges in consideration of the said increased limit . |
| 10 | To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job ! |
| 11 | I did but not so she would n't scream . |
| 12 | The answer is in s35 of the Limitation Act 1980 under which the new claim dates back to when the original writ was issued but not so as to defeat a limitation defence although the court can exercise discretion under s33 or RSC Ord 15 , r6(6) which says that no one shall be added as a party after limitation unless the court directs that the period should not apply . |
| 13 | Er she had but not so much as father . |
| 14 | This would be easy enough to notice but not so easy to interpret . |
| 15 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | Er , no , by the time that Maggie Thatcher was Prime Minister this book was published and not so old pictures in . |