Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ride followed by Marian and Allen , although not so broad as the main Highway , was lighter because the trees that flanked it , being for the most part giant oaks , had quelled the subordinate vegetation and left airy vistas between their trunks . |
| 2 | ‘ Not so fantastic as you might think , ’ said Melissa . |
| 3 | He was a big man , not So tall but heavy , with kind of reddish-brown hair-what was left of it-and a finely-kept half-moon beard on his chin . |
| 4 | Not so tall and powerfully built that she felt as though she might break if he so much as touched her . |
| 5 | not so tall as all that |
| 6 | ‘ They are not so appealing that I relish the idea of seeing them again , ’ Murtach retorted . |
| 7 | if you remember the question that the founding fathers faced was how do you create a government which is strong enough to endure and to defend the nation and defend the country yet a government which is not so strong that it erodes the rights of individuals within it , this is the , the essence of the , the problem of government as , as the founding fathers saw it . |
| 8 | All of which goes to show that masculine reason and logic are perhaps not so strong as you may have supposed . |
| 9 | One might think that clause 2 is insufficient : to believe that p is not so strong as to be certain that p , and to know one must be certain , not just believe . |
| 10 | If , in addition , I were accompanied by his fifteen soldiers I believed we should be too strong a party to invite attack , while not so strong as to alarm and provoke the tribes . |
| 11 | Maize pollen is not so resilient as its phytoliths , but New Mexico is drier than Panama , and pollen survives well there . |
| 12 | I 'm not suggesting that we should n't care about these little games and trifling details of life , for God wants us to practise on them in this world ; but I would like to see us not so strained and frantic in our concern about them . |
| 13 | The distance between seats should be carefully arranged so that they are not too remote from each other , but not so close that personal space is invaded . |
| 14 | Nunzia peeled herself an orange , paring the skin close to the flesh so the padded white endodermis was stripped from the juicy red-flecked flesh , and yet not so close that the fruit spurted juice . |
| 15 | There was the contact with friendly adults , but not so close as to suggest to the children that their real parents were being supplanted — a common resentment in foster homes . |
| 16 | There is a pouched mouse in Australia , though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way . |
| 17 | ‘ Children are not so serious as grown-ups and they love to laugh . ’ |
| 18 | The potential anarchy and irresponsible policy deviation of this situation — where the local bullies and barons of federal funding set the agenda is not so apparent as might seem however . |
| 19 | The need for them is not so apparent as for the other S's , however for long term survival they all play a vital role . |
| 20 | Research shows that where older disabled people have high incomes they are not so restricted and are able to participate in activities — such as going on summer holidays and having evenings out — that are enjoyed by younger non-disabled people . |
| 21 | But that will not happen , because members of the Territorial Army are not so mobile or nomadic in that sense as regular forces . |
| 22 | I 'm er I 'm pretty clear what 's expected of me but not so certain that I know how to make it sufficiently interesting to achieve your undivided attention . |
| 23 | Not so black and white . ’ |
| 24 | I know it 's a lot to ask , but I 'm not so black as I once was , you know . |
| 25 | When we were drawn against both England and Holland , people were not so sure but after the European Championship finals , those fears have gone . ’ |
| 26 | Admittedly , in recent years , top coaches such as ‘ Chalkie ’ White at Leicester and Alan Davies at Nottingham has provided a focus and created a centre of excellence which has attracted players but I am not so sure that the same parameters still apply . |
| 27 | I suppose it was one way of ensuring that staff returned to the fold , but I 'm not so sure that it was a good idea as far as the staff was concerned . |
| 28 | But she was not so sure that Rab was right . |
| 29 | However , in the world of Orwell 's 1984 there may be people who although sure that the events abolished by official historiography did happen , are not so sure that the experiences treasured in memory keep the value which official propaganda degrades ; they might be happier for the assurance that , in the sense that it remains true that an event happened even if universally forgotten an experience remains good even if in universally shrinking awareness there will never again be anyone capable of appreciating it . |
| 30 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |