Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] a case " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't so much a case of thinking : he looks a lovely chappie . |
| 2 | In the sense of their access to political power it was not so much a case that women were ‘ returned ’ to the family since they had never really left it to go out to get power — rather they had traditionally exercised power , if at all , by virtue of their familial positions and as the public and private spheres were separated , women were left behind . |
| 3 | Indeed , it is not so much a case of them accompanying the AIB team members as of them being part of the team . |
| 4 | Your selection of wayward notices ( 27th November ) reminded me of one I saw in my hotel in Frankfurt — not so much a case of bad translation , as a question of logic . |
| 5 | It is , then , not so much a case of ellipsis occurring in informal speech as of writing requiring a degree of elaboration that is not necessary in informal speech . |
| 6 | It is not so much a case of Captain Bob as of Major John and Petty Officer Newton . |
| 7 | It was not so much a case of social science theories being senseless , misguided or absurd , but more to do with their serious lack of evidential support . |
| 8 | However , jailing Shields for three months , Sheriff William Fulton told him : ‘ It is not so much a case of stealing from this house as plundering it , ransacking it and leaving it in an awful mess . |
| 9 | It was not so much a case of Glasgow getting worse as one of the rest of the country improving faster . |
| 10 | But there are things he does not know , and the knowledge will somewhat better a case which even so is still black enough . |
| 11 | Our own Planning Committee County Council Planning Committee recommends route A on environmental and ecological grounds and route A is the popular choice the town speak and the Brandon Action Group and indeed the Suffolk member of Parliament , however the Norfolk County Council and the Weeting Parish Council oppose for the day and the Norfolk Member of Parliament supports their case , worth noting that Breckland District Council , the local planning authority in Norfolk also opposes for a day , now though it appears to be so this is not altogether a case of |
| 12 | It is not necessarily a case of Russian versus Western temperament . |
| 13 | Such an interpretation is not merely a case of reading some preferred assumption into the silence on the subject of the Miller 's relationship with the Reeve that descends after the Reeve has finished his tale . |
| 14 | Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can . |
| 15 | The plunge in the stock exchange during the election campaign is not just a case of City fat cats worrying about their wallets . |
| 16 | And there are some wonderfully positive people among those who have permanent disabilities or terminal illnesses so it is not just a case of being one of the ‘ lucky ’ ones . |
| 17 | It is not just a case of directing sufficient welfare benefits towards those in ‘ need ’ to induce a state of ‘ well-being ’ ( in which needs are satisfied ) . |
| 18 | But Ms Cornell said that it was ‘ not just a case of quid pro quo ’ . |
| 19 | The point is that it is not just a case of drawing circles around thinkers whose stance one may happen to approve . |
| 20 | Opening presents on Christmas morning it 's not just a case of opening presents is it ? |
| 21 | Well I do like trains , but it 's not just a case of liking trains , okay , yes , I like , I like trains , I like , I mean I 'm old enough to remember the steam trains , it 's not just a case of that . |
| 22 | Well I do like trains , but it 's not just a case of liking trains , okay , yes , I like , I like trains , I like , I mean I 'm old enough to remember the steam trains , it 's not just a case of that . |
| 23 | So it 's not a case of just really being listened to , it 's not just a case of just being clear , clear in terms of what you want by telling people what you want , and then finding out if they 're going to do it . |
| 24 | ‘ But it 's not just a case of getting fit . |
| 25 | However , this is not just a case of ‘ talk to me today and there it is ’ it just depends on how the investigation flows . ’ |
| 26 | It 's not just a case of him taking us with all of what we had and were and us belonging to him , but he says i in taking you to myself , he says I give myself to you . |
| 27 | Yet preparation is not always a case of in-depth research so much as systematically thinking through what may be faced in the real life negotiating position . |
| 28 | I mean , we went through we went through nearly a case of one point fives at Mary 's party . |
| 29 | They are not really a case of proxy decision , save that they instruct others to act . |
| 30 | But having done it , having completed the half a day or whatever it is we have , you know it 's not really a case of saying Right well that 's it . |