Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are not so appealing that I relish the idea of seeing them again , ’ Murtach retorted . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But she was not so sure that Rab was right . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Cup rugby would also have appealed to me , but I 'm not so sure that I would have been so enthusiastic about playing in a league , ’ Cranmer says . |
| 12 | " You know , Dad , I 'm not so sure that I 'm cut out for what you want me to be , " he said , and sipped his coffee with a pensive expression on his face . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not so sure that you can . |
| 14 | Erm I 'm not so sure that in some cases er it , it 's to our members benefit . |
| 15 | I 'm I 'm not so sure that he knew he was known as the last resort . |
| 16 | He 's not so sure that ideas can make the difference between the two . |
| 17 | Er again , it 's all down to where you 're going to stand to take the photograph , and I 'm not so sure that you I think you 've gone a little , no you know , I , I criticized the other one a bit , from the same person I think it possibly is because it 's the same style , the same sort of mounting . |
| 18 | The two colours do n't go too badly together but er I 'm not so sure that I would really want that hanging on the wall , I , it does n't really appeal to me very much . |
| 19 | Erm I think possibly just the trees themselves are we you know , th okay they 're olive trees , so they 're a little bit unusual , we do n't get too many olive trees growing in this country , but I 'm not so sure that they 're as er that attractive to make a , a photograph solely out of the olive trees . |
| 20 | And here we 've got a couple that happen to be olive trees , and I , I 'm not so sure that just the fact that they 're olive trees really is that important . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not so sure that 's a good idea . ’ |
| 22 | With Mrs. Thatcher you never got the feeling that she was being advised against her wishes , with John Major I 'm not so sure that 's true . |
| 23 | The changes required are not so great that it should be rejected outright . |
| 24 | Consequently , the CEGB needs to convince the inspector not only that the most likely outcome is a negative net-effective cost , but also that the sensitivity of this result to plausible changes in the CEGB 's forecasts is not so great that a positive ( undesirable ) NEC becomes a likely result . |
| 25 | For instance the report argues that the actual overcrowding and potential greater overcrowding at the school is not so great that it can not be met with temporary classrooms and eventually new extensions to the school ( DDP : 11–12 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ North Koreans are not so stupid that they will let outsiders see their secret installations , ’ said former diplomat Ko Young Hwan . |
| 27 | Yet not so rotten that it had obscured the carved initials at the base of the grip . |
| 28 | The chairs we have now were actually designed with our chat show in mind , not so low that knees come up to chins and reveal too much sock , nor so wide as to encourage fidgeting , with an upright back to prevent slouching , and arm rests to give the nervous something to grip . |
| 29 | Others were not so convinced that John Gould , ‘ a mere museum man ’ , was up to the challenge . |
| 30 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |