Example sentences of "[adv] so [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The act may have been intended as a " final measure " by those who wished to steady things , but the flow of politics is rarely so easily contained by the comma of a constitutional concession . |
2 | Now Hungarian poetry may begin to change towards a poetry which is more autonomous , more self-subsistent with its own themes and materials , not necessarily so directly structured by our political situation . |
3 | If people were no longer so easily frightened into docility , new ways would have to be found to make them ductile . |
4 | I am merely asking for an extension of the logic which is already so well known to Marsham street . |
5 | The information is already so widely dispersed throughout the chemical literature that Pople and coworkers , realising the immense problems and complexities involved in organising a bibliography , decided to set up a database . |
6 | The same is true of Univel — already so tightly bound to Novell it uses the same premises and the self-same order-entry system . |
7 | In other institutions ( probably because of the greater quantity of compulsory core work ) this was not so frequently referred to . |
8 | Sandys ' proposals were not so well received inside Whitehall . |
9 | But although they might be better mounted , by normal standards , they were not so well horsed for rough riding as were the Borderers on their tough , sure-footed hill ponies ; on this terrain the fleeing men ought to be able to keep ahead . |
10 | Neighbours who were not so well thought of stood and watched at gun-point , while their homes went up in flames . |
11 | Where once price was all , now predators are not so well thought of . |
12 | He was tough and strong , disciplined and unselfish — he was the epitome of the goal-maker , whose efforts were recognised by his colleagues and opponents and by the discerning fan , but were perhaps not so well appreciated by less perceptive onlookers or pressmen . |
13 | Not so well known as the New World , it is a thoroughly enjoyable work . |
14 | Finally , another highly individualistic album : ‘ Metamorphosis ’ by the World Saxophone Quartet ( Elektra-Nonesuch ) ; not so well known in the UK as an ensemble , its members — David Murray ( tenor sax , bass clarinet ) , Oliver Lake ( alto , soprano saxophones and flute ) , Hamiet Bluiett ( baritone sax ) and Arthur Blythe ( alto sax ) — are however individually ( and , as you will find , jointly ) something rather special . |
15 | A picture emerges of a courageous , determined , resilient little individual , not so badly damaged by her early experiences , after all . |
16 | These proposals were initially welcomed by both Helmut Kohl , the West German Federal Chancellor , and his Foreign Minister , Hans-Dietrich Genscher ( although they were not so favourably received by the East German government ) , but on May 8 Kohl rejected them as " negotiation poker " . |
17 | The boy slept in a large front bedroom whose window , were it not so closely covered by an old woollen blanket , looked out over the once elegant front walkway with its crazy paving and stepped terraces . |
18 | This structure is not so closely packed as the other two . |
19 | A really well-designed state pension scheme ( complete with lump sums ) and not so closely tied to employment history as any of the current schemes on offer , could probably do as well or better than occupational or personal pension provision for most women . |
20 | In London , as Professor Rudé has noted , the incidence of civil disturbance was not so closely tied to peaks in food prices . |
21 | Local education authorities in England , Wales and Scotland are subsidiaries of the wider local councils , but those in Northern Ireland are not so closely linked to the rest of local government . |
22 | Decretal letters , in answer to queries about particular legal points , came to be the major source of declaration during the twelfth century , more numerous than the decrees of councils but not so easily disseminated for use . |
23 | We are not so easily fooled by reflections in lakes or puddles . |
24 | Though not so easily seen from the east , the tops of some caravans are visible from the road climbing from Amroth Castle to Marros . |
25 | ‘ CT ST N T MT , ’ will soon be exposed by crossword buffs as ‘ The cat sat on the mat , ’ but place names are not so easily guessed by context . |
26 | But Izzat , with its centuries long history , its emotional pull towards India and Pakistan , is not so easily dealt with . |
27 | Craigbarnet was not so easily disposed of , however , and by the winter of 1726–7 the Montrose interest had hit on another scheme designed to satisfy the needy Jacobite laird with the influential friends . |
28 | But the structures of inference involved are not so easily captured by the dualistic thinking spoken of earlier . |
29 | Sometimes the contrast is not so clearly expressed for us in the twentieth century as it would have been in the first century , so we have to rely on commentaries to point out the way that the apostle was thinking . |
30 | The differentiation of accidents from other types is useful in the context of emergency planning and is not so clearly conveyed by other hazard typologies . |