Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | God 's Gift Mine , it was recognised , lay conveniently near to the Brigham smelters enabling ore deliveries to be maintained throughout the winter months whereas the other ores " further distant , can not be brought to the said smelting house , but in the sumer only … you may therefore consider how farr forth those Mynes soe farr distant may bee sett upon with good strength in sumer and what number of kibbles will weekly be gotten and towards winter when that will faile , to drive those pickmen from there to work in Gods gift , if the winter shall not hinder untill we may be furnished either out of Germainie or our own Nation with a sufficient number of pickmen to man all the works thoroughly & withall to consider whether the Myne of Gods Gift be not so plentifull as some other new Stolnes ( G. Stollen — tunnel , adit etc. ) or head ( possibly a forerunner of our word " heading " ) may be driven thereby to gitt the like weekly pportion ( proportion ) as hath formerly been gotten there . " |
| 2 | Although not so thronged as any assembly addressed by Eliot would later have been , the room was full . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not so think as you drunk I am . |
| 4 | Most Zuwaya were servants of government , but were not so restricted as policemen . |
| 5 | So you 've got to create something quite simple and effective in which they can be successful , which is n't so demanding as you would for the other group . |