Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ride followed by Marian and Allen , although not so broad as the main Highway , was lighter because the trees that flanked it , being for the most part giant oaks , had quelled the subordinate vegetation and left airy vistas between their trunks . |
| 2 | Although not so spectacular as his famous aqueduct at Pont Cysyllte ( q.v . ) , |
| 3 | Overall , the neck has a slightly chunky feel , although not so big as to be restrictive for those who play with a more classical style . |
| 4 | The 15th was the longest hole at 580 yards , although not so formidable as the 8th where ‘ fences are utilised as hazards , and there are several trees stumps ’ . |
| 5 | It must have done , Leith realised , for Rosemary was still taking the greatest pains that not so much as a whiff of the fact that she might care for someone else got out . |
| 6 | For our part , we appeared to take for granted the Germans ' total ignorance of our presence , for we had no air-raid drill , nor did we have a single air-raid shelter , slit-trench , sandbag blast-wall , nor even so much as a steel helmet — only a large poster which read : |
| 7 | I think that nowhere so much as in London do people wear — to the eye of observation — definite signs of the sort of people they may be . |
| 8 | But if I dare to retaliate … if even so much as a minute flick of water lands on the Monster 's piggy-pink face … |
| 9 | Forward of the deckhouse are four more cabins , two on each side of a passageway wide enough to allow a sailbag to be dragged through but not so wide as to be dangerous at sea . |
| 10 | She is young but not so young as Chela , who says she is 18 but looks 16 at the most . |
| 11 | She chose a slightly flared skirt of fawn flannel , plain white silk shirt with a demurely high neckline , a jacket in soft pastel-brown tweed with a standing collar , absolutely plain but very expensive Italian court shoes and a matching handbag that was small enough to be ladylike but not so small as to seem frivolous . |
| 12 | We have had losses , but not so many as some . |
| 13 | Again , we see the need for flexibility in the control structure , with each component being given enough free rein to contribute fully , but not so much as to force it to take decisions for which it , on its own , has insufficient evidence . |
| 14 | It shows enough to reveal the nature and genuineness of the reality , but not so much as to overwhelm . |
| 15 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 16 | Having been primed by Draper back in the hotel room on who played or produced what , Branson would present himself with a box of tapes and play just one track by each artist ; enough to whet the appetite , but not so much as to test his customer 's patience — or indeed Branson 's own musical knowledge . |
| 17 | Er she had but not so much as father . |
| 18 | But not so much as the readers and staff of Gandalf 's Garden . |
| 19 | For the duration of the war , British and American diplomats performed a nerve-racking balancing act , providing just enough credit and material aid ( especially grain and petroleum ) to prevent Franco from going over completely to the Axis , but not so much as to enable him to become strong enough to dispense with maintaining relations with them . |
| 20 | It blew very hard , but not so much as to prevent Messrs. Gould and Gunn going on shore . |
| 21 | There was the contact with friendly adults , but not so close as to suggest to the children that their real parents were being supplanted — a common resentment in foster homes . |
| 22 | They 're justification for the ‘ he-man ’ tag , with heavy everything at low speeds and not much more than a token lightening up as you press on harder , but not so heavy as to wipe out the sports car 's essential touch of delicacy . |
| 23 | So you must be relaxed to enable you to groove , but not so relaxed as to be too loose . |
| 24 | The southern aspect is dominated by Pegasus , which is large but not so bright as might be thought from its aspect on the maps . |
| 25 | The high regard with which the instructor force was held was best summed up by the comment that , ‘ Instructors are good professionals but not so sophisticated as to bemuse the trainees ’ . |
| 26 | European race feldeggii looks smaller and slenderer than Peregrine and differs also in its browner ( but not so brown as the Saker ) upperparts , pinkish underparts , rufous or buff crown and nape and much narrower moustachial stripe ; also has longer tail and blunter wings . |
| 27 | Make the process as brief as possible , but not so brief as not to be able to fulfil the sales objective of obtaining an order , or of opening the way for further negotiations . |
| 28 | Both defecting ( refusing to pull ticks off ) is pretty bad , but not so bad as putting effort into pulling another 's ticks off and still ending up infested with ticks oneself . |
| 29 | The reason for this might be that it feels more possible to grieve the death of someone or something that is perhaps significant , but not so important as the death of the spouse . |
| 30 | These changes themselves reflected the changing role of women and the consumer approach to marriage : ‘ If your partner does not satisfy get another ’ ; ‘ Shop around until you find what you want ’ ; ‘ Children are of course important , but not so important as sexual compatibility and personal fulfilment ’ . |