Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so blatant now , but it meant the same . |
| 2 | Not so shallow now . |
| 3 | It is not so curious then that blacks have manifested a predilection for sport and have achieved high orders of success in their chosen disciplines . |
| 4 | I thought I could make it on my own here , but I 'm not so certain now . |
| 5 | ‘ We believed the rumour on Tuesday that British Aerospace was building up a big shareholding but we are not so sure now , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 6 | But I 'm not so sure now if it 's possible . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm not so sure now . |
| 8 | At the time I did n't think he suspected , I 'm not so sure now . |
| 9 | ‘ I did want to talk about it but I 'm not so sure now . |
| 10 | The flowers are not so profuse then , and the leaves tend to cover them , but it 's still an extra treat . ’ |
| 11 | The second ( not so relevant today ) has , for reasons of sentiment or expediency , been to adopt arms similar to , but not technically identical with , a feudal protector or ally . |
| 12 | It 's er it 's not so necessary probably er as where at times I 've given talks in various parts of the country on on this area . |
| 13 | His old body , for all its girth , thick size and seeming weight of muscle , was less than fit , and not so warm either . |
| 14 | It was not so warm today , so Edith had stopped eyeing the bathing machines wistfully and wondering if she dared . |
| 15 | The reverse of the coin is internationalism , a feature , some might say , of twentieth-century art ; not so uncommon either in other periods , where art historians struggle heroically to identify differences between the art of one country and another . |
| 16 | Not so inaccurate either . |
| 17 | And when you 're not so young either it 's , makes it er more awkward still , although she 's , she 's erm , she 's fairly well int she ? |
| 18 | The neighbours will say he 's a nice young man , well , not so young really . |
| 19 | United not so good away but you never know … |
| 20 | ‘ They 're a good attacking side but not so good defensively . |
| 21 | ‘ Then we will take the boy 's speech and writing which is so good and subject it to careful analysis and if we teach the other boys whose writing and speech is not so good how to subject what they say and write to this kind of analysis they will realise how badly they speak and write and will promptly set about trying to improve the way they speak and write … . ’ |
| 22 | Pet Shop Boys : fine records , but not so good literally |
| 23 | It would be nice it 's my dream any youngster 's dream to play professional football and in South Africa it 's not so good there |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not so desperate now . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's not so nasty really , ’ she said . |
| 26 | But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I . |
| 27 | Early on , they imagined that all foster parents would be like them — not so rich perhaps , but sharing the same basic standards . |
| 28 | Nights when ops were on were not so hectic now that the boys did not have the long runs to Berlin and Nuremburg , just specific targets in France and western Germany . |
| 29 | Evidently he was not so marvellous now . |
| 30 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |