Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [vb pp] so " in BNC.

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1 In England this system has not been developed so much as in other countries .
2 The attention paid to authentic workwear style on fashion pages , much of it in this magazine , has not been matched so readily on the nation 's streets .
3 Odin was all-wise — but he had not been born so ; he had drunk at the fountain of Mimir and had had to pledge an eye .
4 In the US great emphasis has been placed on rooting out aggressive instincts from those used for show stock , but this lead has not been followed so staunchly elsewhere .
5 As for most of the secondary infectious agents a clear correlation between intestinal HIV infection and gastrointestinal symptoms has not been established so far .
6 It had n't been registered so they 'd got , the police have got no way of tracing it .
7 My mum washed mine at the weekend and they 're in a pile on my floor and I have n't been arsed so I 'm just sleeping on the mattress with the bare duvet .
8 We know , do n't we , that Lamb has n't been fined so heavily for breaching a harsh contract .
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