Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] not so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women do need to become much more political , because the rules are defined by men and politics , as in fact has just been pointed out , are defined by men , in subtle ways as well a structural ways , and one of the subtle or not so subtle ways is in fact to insist that parliaments starts that ten o'clock in the morning |
| 2 | It seems as if the Opposition flounder almost every day in their responses to the charges and questions that we put to them , and I very much hope that they will clarify their position on national insurance charges on high and not so high incomes — and on whether any increases will be phased in . |
| 3 | SEEN RECENTLY at the old Riga Airport , which was closed some 15 years ago to commercial traffic and relegated to military helicopter use , were a number of Soviet aircraft , old and not so old . |
| 4 | The work was interesting but not so demanding that there was no time for anything else . |
| 5 | Her face became twisted and not so pretty , and as her voice grew louder it lost its cultured tones and took on a snarling harshness . |
| 6 | Read typical and not so typical letter fare from people just like you — readers . |
| 7 | Forms will be available shortly for the Hale 5 road race on December 20 , which has become a popular pre-Christmas outing for runners , serious and not so serious . |
| 8 | The willingness of so many conservative Spaniards , rich and not so rich alike , to embrace ‘ accidentalism ’ condemned the extreme , openly anti-republican right to a state of deceptive weakness between 1931 and 1933 . |
| 9 | Yet she was itching to move to the metropolis and bombarded her parents with subtle and not so subtle requests . |
| 10 | One of this periodical 's editors , the radical journalist Nikolai Chernyshevskii , had been behind the publication of Kavelin 's work in The Contemporary and was finding many subtle and not so subtle ways to advance reform in the St Petersburg press . |
| 11 | Surreptitiously photographed at very close quarters he shows us moments in the sand — moments private and not so private . |
| 12 | An excellent pub catering for the sedate , the posh and not so posh residents of select Newington . |
| 13 | Such is the general expectation that married couples will have children that those who do not want them , or want to put parenthood on a few more years , or sadly learn that they can not conceive , find themselves having to respond to veiled or not so veiled queries . |
| 14 | Helping Jane and Maurice to follow the course of true love ( along paths smooth and not so smooth ) — will be three of the Province 's leading musicians — Rod McVey ( keyboards ) , Nollaig Casey ( fiddle ) , and Neil Martin ( uilleann pipes and cello ) . |
| 15 | Others , clutching large and not so large towels to their exposed crotches , stood rooted to the spot appalled . |
| 16 | Flaps conceal hiding places — obvious and not so obvious — and a detachable child 's figure can be moved around so the game can be played over and over . |
| 17 | The southern aspect is dominated by Pegasus , which is large but not so bright as might be thought from its aspect on the maps . |
| 18 | The thousand-headed and dwarf thousand-headed varieties are the hardiest ; the marrow-stemmed are more palatable but not so frost-resistant . |
| 19 | But perhaps more importantly , do any companies get real value from the large sums they spend trying to persuade a gullible or not so gullible public that they are modern and go-ahead — or , even more to the point , how many logos that do not contain the company name ( like BP or ICI ) are recognised unprompted by the average person ? |
| 20 | Subject : Majestic or not so Leeds |
| 21 | Well mister you ca n't tell whether you 're married or not so the feminist version is ms . |
| 22 | If the respondent was a relative , friend , or neighbour , they were asked to say whether they thought various aspects of the home were good or not so good . |
| 23 | To the cynical and not so cynical , it seemed clear that Britain was seeking to secure the best of two worlds : to take advantage of the market opportunities for its own industrial goods that a free trade area would provide , while still retaining its special economic arrangements with the Commonwealth , especially its cheap food policy . |
| 24 | By using such evidence the historian can come to terms with some of the everyday reality of the war , and how it touched the lives and outlook of men and women , famous and not so famous , rich and poor , whose experiences are described in the proceedings of civil and criminal cases which have come down to us in some number . |
| 25 | They have their fighters , their arms suppliers , their innocent and not so innocent victims , their aid workers , their peacekeepers , their wounded , their mass graves . |
| 26 | Even if you do not have any problems as such , Alexander lessons will probably help you to feel less irritable and not so worried about life in general . |
| 27 | Of course the visual indicators are useful but not so personal or so reassuring ( or so charming ) , and you can not talk to them about delays and ‘ Are there free sandwiches and coffee ? ’ |
| 28 | However , this information is not very helpful for those who are not intuitive or not so confident about their intuition . |
| 29 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
| 30 | She says ’ Had I been alone and not so near a phone box who is to say I would not have said yes . |