Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Floribundas Pruning for Floribundas follows the same general principles as for H.T.s , except that it should & not so hard — the first year cut-back should be T-2 inches ( 2.5–5cm ) longer , leaving some 4–6 inches ( 10–15cm ) of stem from the base and still aiming for outward-pointing buds to develop the open cup shape . |
| 2 | You will be concerned with what may be called the degree of pruning : do you prune hard , ruthlessly to ground level , or not so drastically ? |
| 3 | I thrived on the praise and admiration , loved to show off , and secretly ( or not so secretly ) thought myself superior to older children who had not yet acquired my special skills . |
| 4 | So what we 're going to do is to trail our coats in a variety of sessions , to suggest a variety of things to you , and see whether you agree with them or not so please feel free to come in as and when appropriate and see what you think . |
| 5 | Because she has not been caught either , or not so blatantly that one has had to stop pretending to look the other way . |
| 6 | Simply ( or not so simply ) to relocate value onto consumption not only misrecognizes ethnography , it also leaves behind it a problem in the aesthetics of production — a problem which has both critical and political dimensions . |
| 7 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 8 | How do you cope with it , the ninety three of you who get depressed from time to time , whether it 's severely or or or or not so severely ? |
| 9 | The little sunlit thing had some numen ; or not so much a divinity , as a having known divinity , in it ; of being ultimately certain . |
| 10 | ‘ Now I can speak of Callanish , ’ Minch continued more slowly , ‘ where my ancestors flew and where once so long ago I cast my shadow down . ’ |
| 11 | Male victims above the age of consent might well be perceived as homosexual or latently so even if they are not . |
| 12 | He never does anything quite so bold again , or quite so fast . |
| 13 | It was also agreed that the same card could be used to operate the locks which have already been installed on doors within the foyer , although not so far activated . |
| 14 | It went on falling steadily , although not so rapidly as this . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | On these occasions , it is hard to realise that not so very far away , industry and commerce are hard at work . |
| 17 | ‘ For those who think that this is window dressing , I pause to remind you that not so long ago the Lord Chancellor was himself the subject of judicial review proceedings , ’ he added . |
| 18 | To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The reason I 'm telling you all this is that not so long ago the PD scene seemed to be in decline . |
| 21 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 22 | It 's a challenge all the more remarkable for the fact that not so long ago jetting off on holiday made her weak at the knees … |
| 23 | This would be based on the argument that , due to the large number of premises , we will recover our costs , albeit not so quickly . |
| 24 | Somewhere , perhaps a mile away down the Beirut front line , shells were bursting in a long , low rumble that ever so slightly changed the air pressure in rue Trablos . |
| 25 | She became aware that he was tracing the line of her breast with one hand , and that ever so lightly he was scraping his palm against her erect nipple . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , it 's got nothing to do with business , ’ Alison replied with a laugh that ever so gently reprimanded me for my mercantile preoccupations . |
| 27 | I mean , we do n't stand still at this because what will seem a very good service this year will look like a lousy service in five years ' time so let's not pretend the fact that we have n't achieved everything we 've achieved this year in some previous years means that we have n't made any improvements because I think one of the key areas where in fact er improvements have been made in previous years , and to a certain extent , one could say reading this I was worried by an apparent admission of very much reference or very much expenditure on them in the provision of day centres , because I think that a key element in care in the community and the fact that today so successfully this year has been the fact that a major number of th and I do n't think there 's any disagreement over this , a number of day centres , very efficient and very effective day centres , were developed , funded , provided mainly in the conurbation areas and I think Mr is right to highlight the fact that , as so often happens in these instances , it 's people who live in conurbations who get the best deal because it 's , it 's more economical , it 's easier to provide a centre for a large number of people than it is for a small number of people . |
| 28 | And so so indeed do I . |
| 29 | The environmental conditions with which the system is in equilibrium may shift , and only so long as the equilibrium can be set at new and workable positions can the species survive . |
| 30 | Citizens of the United Kingdom do , however , have an individual right of access to the European enforcement agencies whether Her Majesty 's government likes it or not , so long that is , and only so long as that government continues to accede to the Convention and the jurisdiction of the machinery which it establishes . |