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 . |