Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] so [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyds is no more outlandish or intrusive than Tower Bridge and much less so than the monstrous and melancholy Battersea Power Station , a sublime work of imperious architecture that Londoners once loved to hate but now admire . |
| 2 | They became strong and agile swimmers , still vulnerable to attack but much less so than the invertebrates . |
| 3 | Even the ticking-over rate of about 10 pulses per second is probably quite costly , but much less so than the maximum rate of 200 per second . |
| 4 | The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines , though the Hudson somewhat less so than the river I 'd just left . |
| 5 | But retired or sacked , it as a tumultuous time in a county cricketer 's life , much more so than the leavings of September , for then players were tired of it all and ready enough to depart . |
| 6 | The sense of betrayal and the risk of danger only served to intensify the experience , much more so than the most potent of drugs . |
| 7 | How much more so than the enigmas of her books ! |
| 8 | Much more so than the place she had visited in London , which had been dark and smelled of incense . |
| 9 | Traditionally , organisations are constructed pyramidally , with a hierarchy most powerful at the top and progressively less so as the pyramid spreads downwards . |
| 10 | These are the Fieldnames but in many spreadsheets the cells in which the first row of data is entered are just as important , if not more so than the names themselves . |
| 11 | They in fact shade into each other , even more obviously so where the distinction is between different forms of literate practice ; and the distinction , if it is based on supposed differences in cognitive processes , in ‘ logic ’ and the development of ‘ science ’ , is open to the criticisms that Goody himself , along with Lévi-Strauss and others , levels against the theory of a ‘ great divide ’ . |
| 12 | Precisely what they would do to justify their share of the precious filtered air in the bunker is unclear , although only marginally less so than the process by which they were chosen for the job in the first place . |
| 13 | Such an explanation has often seemed plausible ( though less so since the abandonment of this cheap food policy upon entry into the EEC ) . |
| 14 | Although populist , this element was staunchly unionist , often more so than the leadership , and expected to be rewarded for the ‘ loyalty ’ of the Protestant working class . |
| 15 | He , or just occasionally she , is , to begin with , the seeing eye of the story , even more so than the Great Detective was in the days of his triumphs . |
| 16 | But even more so than the proposed the resolution proposed by the officers . |
| 17 | He is right to say that the fares are too high even more so when the fare is the same whether you join the trains at Crewe or London . |
| 18 | Even quite small debris is removed — even more so if the material is folded or doubled . |
| 19 | Athelstan felt pleased , even more so as the great frost had been broken by this sudden bright snap as if Christ himself wanted the weather to improve for his great feast day . |
| 20 | But yes , the trend is the same as the national one , there is an increase in arson , possibly that 's also influenced by the fact that we 're better at detecting arson and we 're becoming increasingly more so as the years go by , and calls that would have been recorded as unknown in the past , would now be recorded as this . |
| 21 | It 's a very comfortable guitar , almost more so than the Steinberger … ’ |
| 22 | ALL THE opinion polls were seriously wide of the mark , Gallup for The Daily Telegraph fractionally less so than the others . |
| 23 | Given Rangers ' heavy schedule , most importantly next week 's European Champions League match with FC Brugge in Belgium , the sight of Steven departing the field was a depressing one for Rangers , certainly more so than the booking of Ian Ferguson before the interval . |