Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so tall and powerfully built that she felt as though she might break if he so much as touched her . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Not so black and white . ’ |
| 6 | It has been suggested that the racism of the new racist is not so new and that even so-called red-necks justified segregation in deracialized terms ( Weigel and Howes , 1985 ; see also the criticisms of Sniderman and Tetlock , 1986a , 1986b ) . |
| 7 | The stewards , however , were not so impressed and banned User Friendly 's jockey for four days ( beginning November 14 ) for excessive use of the whip . |
| 8 | It 's not so political and personal for him — or maybe he 's getting ready to snap … ’ |
| 9 | She was not so young and giddy that she had no understanding of the desires and problems of others . |
| 10 | Not so young and green , after all . ’ |
| 11 | I am not so young and green that I am unaware of that . |
| 12 | Now this year what I 've done is actually going to see the form teacher and look at the classes and they 've actually given me a lot more information this year and hopefully , keep our fingers crossed , the classes are very varied and we have good , we have middling , and we have the not so good and we 've tried to keep those like that . |
| 13 | Even after all these years my English is not so good and I like still honeycake better than your heavy Christmas pudding ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But your pulse is not so tumultuous and your colour has improved . ’ |
| 15 | There seem to be our two groups er , in one of our provinces and they say that the rich and poor but the rich er er are not so rich and others . |
| 16 | The example is chosen because unlike the freehold and the car the market for used cash tills is not so visible and as such establishing replacement cost of a used till may not be so easy . |
| 17 | Were he not so useful and entertaining on his main subject , Boswell might easily call all his facts into question by such a blatant lie , so blatantly told to curry Establishment favour in London . |
| 18 | ‘ I wish my sight were not so powerful and so cunning … . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've grown up , and he 's more helpless , he 's not so powerful and bossy . ’ |
| 20 | He was of the same cut as Piers , tall and dark , but his face was more animated , his eyes not so heavy-lidded and languorous . |
| 21 | Such simple lovers are not so simple and their love can lead them to one of the profoundest insights of religion , for such love requires an abandonment of selfishness and egotism , and these people are far advanced on the spiritual roads . |
| 22 | If , on the other hand , this jurisdiction was not so transferred and vested in the High Court , then it was equally common ground that it would have been preserved by section 12 of the Act of 1873 , which provides , so far as is relevant : |
| 23 | With a safe distance between them the impression of strength and toughness was not so overwhelming and , now that he was washed and shaved , with the morning sun turning his fair hair to gleaming gold , she had seen that he was handsome . |
| 24 | He wished Annabel were not so insecure and dependent upon him ; for the past few months , as she waited for Avanti to make up its mind , she had needed constant emotional support and reassurance from Scott , who had felt her clinging to him , almost like a physical weight on his back . |
| 25 | They brought an action for a declaration that the product was not so liable and while the action was awaiting trial they paid the sum claimed . |
| 26 | Recent investigations into lexical ambiguity ( Church , 1988 ) have shown that although words are capable of existing in many syntactic categories , in reality the problem is not so widespread and words actually possess unique ‘ best ’ parts of speech . |
| 27 | The mosaics are not so fine and are more hieratic . |
| 28 | And in any case , what Lucy may have done was surely not so dreadful and will be soon forgotten . |
| 29 | In case ( c ) the law is not so clear and frequently other factors are present out of which a consideration for the promise can be manufactured . |
| 30 | In a number of other areas , and particularly , for example , in the provision of investment advice about packaged products , this is not so clear and SIB is not yet convinced that chartered accountants have obtained and retained the requisite level of knowledge — the discussions on this continue . |