Example sentences of "[conj] not [verb] so " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Governments may wish , purely for political reasons , to control various industries ( or not to do so ) . |
| 2 | They agreed that he had a discretion under the statute whether or not to do so but said that he was not justified in refusing if the result was to frustrate the policy of the Act of Parliament . |
| 3 | All lone parents who claim benefits will be required to use the Agency to establish child support liabilities while non-claimants may choose whether or not to do so . |
| 4 | They may sit around watching their child play but only say something when the child starts to misbehave ; injunctions not to do something or to be careful or not to make so much noise focus on control issues only . |
| 5 | The Armenian parliament refused after two weeks of debates to adopt the government 's economic reform programme , despite threats from President Ter-Petrosyan that not to do so would jeopardize the chances of IMF assistance . |
| 6 | All this did , of course , cost money , but if you 've had even a comparatively small amount of that and then lost it , you do tend to realize how transient the whole thing is and not worry so much about getting it back again . |
| 7 | It gave her an incredibly guilty feeling , as if she was a nuisance and should be away from here and not causing so much trouble . |
| 8 | It 's a bunch that rides steadily , guided by experienced domestiques who know how to keep going and not lose so much time that they will be eliminated from the Tour as a whole . |
| 9 | Psychologists of vision , for example , have to think in terms of levels of representation that the nervous system computes and not to do so would be to render unintelligible the processes that occur between the transducing of light-rays into electrical impulses at the retina and the cortex recording the object as ( say ) a rigid cylinder rotating at such and such a distance from the viewing point . |
| 10 | Perhaps the Russians would have felt the pressure then and not looked so silky on the ball . |
| 11 | Make it a condition that the phrase is written and not spoken so the game is not spoiled for the others . |
| 12 | You 'd like to spend a bit more time doing things and not do so much in one go ? |
| 13 | Murray 's Handbook advised that Europeans should allow their servants to tip coolies and not do so themselves . |
| 14 | They will be able to weigh up the advantages of breaking a law and not doing so ; and they will tend to choose the former path if it seems likely to secure economic and career advancement . |
| 15 | Having settled the matter , Charity became quite friendly and urged Clarissa kindly to cheer up and not look so gloomy because there was a good time coming . |
| 16 | There now , let's dry those big brown eyes , we just want you to be happy and not to think so much … . ’ |
| 17 | I hope you are well , and not feeling so over-burdened . |
| 18 | This means that newcomers to the union would have confidence about using it , and not feel so anxious about it as a new and untried form of credit as they might if it was instead an advertised credit institution . |
| 19 | His arms were raised above his head but not raised so far that he showed any fear either . |
| 20 | For me , too , it seems allied with giving the fundamental grief and despair room and expression , using them as a kind of necessary ballast but not taking so much of them on board that they swamp the vessel . |
| 21 | ( a ) Why might society wish to ban drugs that neither help nor harm the diseases they are claimed to cure ? ( b ) It is sometimes argued that regulatory bodies will be blamed for bad things that happen in spite of the regulations ( e.g. a plane crash ) but not blamed so much for good things that are prevented ( e.g. the quick availability of a safe and useful drug ) by stringent tests and regulations . |
| 22 | She makes a cup of tea which Ma stares at , Ma is very white but not crying so I suppose that is something . |
| 23 | This can be done in various ways , most of which can be found in eighteenthand early nineteenth-century fiction , but not used so artfully or extensively . |
| 24 | The perfectionist who announces ‘ I avoid nothing because of anxiety ’ is again fooling him/herself as they strive to do everything perfectly all the time , because not to do so creates anxiety . |
| 25 | There was a twist to his mouth which , though not going so far as to be a smile , showed some amusement . |
| 26 | Scarlet was beginning to believe she did it for reasons of her own , proselytizing for converts so as not to feel so lonely , so as to feel assured of the validity of her views , surrounded by like-minded people . |
| 27 | The more products , the higher number of prospects will be interested , although a balance has to be struck so as not to provide so wide a range as to make it confusing . |
| 28 | Below : When shooting cichlids they show their colours best when not stressed so try to shoot them at home in their shelters . |