Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [adv] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But just as women now demand for themselves greater freedom to express different facets of the self , so too do some men , although not nearly so many of them . |
| 2 | Although not nearly so cold as the ceramic tiles of the hall , the linoleum beneath his bare feet had a chill that seemed to creep right through his body . |
| 3 | Other materials have to be utilized , and although not quite so good as the old fish manure , it is still way out in a class of its own . |
| 4 | By night the bars can get quite lively , although not quite so wild as they get during the winter months when the skiers reenact their greatest runs . |
| 5 | For a moment Donaldson supposed that he was in a stable but no , the smell was wrong , dry and musty and not nearly so strong as the fertile stink of horses . |
| 6 | I fail to see why I should subject myself to the indignity of competing with Tom , Dick , and Narry for a parish which is , at least , £100 per annum poorer than my own , and not nearly so convenient . |
| 7 | The stiff and painful neck has returned to normal , my wheeziness has improved greatly with no sign of the asthma returning , and my migraines are far less frequent and not nearly so intense . |
| 8 | I soon became bored , realizing that I was n't going to get much chance to compete for the club — my best time was 23.3 seconds for 200 metres — so I joined the second club with its headquarters at the track , London Irish , which was more intimate and not quite so awe-inspiring . |
| 9 | However , companies like Epiphone , Yamaha , Fender , Washburn and others offer ranges of cheap and not quite so cheap instruments which are well suited to the occasional strummer or picker . |
| 10 | Anyway , standard one was a breaking-in for this er other discipline and not quite so easy and learning how to spell . |
| 11 | He was perhaps an inch or two shorter , and not quite so dark . |
| 12 | In the circumstances , Dunwoody , who escaped with nothing worse than bruises , was performing a miracle of tolerant good sense when he suggested that the Mildmay fences ‘ should perhaps be a bit more sloped and not quite so square at the top . ’ |
| 13 | The intervening stations along both the main lines became the focuses for the growth of prosperous , if not quite so grand , suburbs : Heaton Moor , Cheadle Hulme , Bramhall , Wilmslow , Sale , and Stretford . |
| 14 | It will still be possible to have a charmingly flattened face , which transmits all those appealing baby-signals , even if not quite so flat . |
| 15 | The Woodworm Years , a compilation from more recent recordings , has its moments , but not nearly so many as the 1970 House Full and Full House re-issues . |
| 16 | We know a fair amount about what was happening on the east coast of Scotland at that date , but not nearly so much about the west . |
| 17 | A bold statement , but not nearly so bold as Kingsley Amis , who admires Lonsdale 's whole project , and Leapor in particular . |
| 18 | It was all right walking in the mountains but not quite so safe-looking to drive . |
| 19 | He was n't unhappy by any means , but not quite so pleased with himself as Rebus . |
| 20 | It 's expensive though is n't it ? something like , we got for Emma you know , a bit , but not quite so expensive maybe . |
| 21 | The lead coffin itself was filled to within one inch of the brim with a tacky ochre-coloured liquid , somewhat the colour of heather honey but not quite so solid . |
| 22 | ‘ But not quite so mercenary , and I find it exceedingly distasteful for you to arrogantly assume you might understand my sister a great deal better than I ever could . |
| 23 | As a fellwalking boot , I thought the Sanmarco was perfectly adequate on the roughest of paths , but not quite so good on tussocky , heathery , trackless ground , where something a bit stiffer would have been better . |
| 24 | Daryl tried to imitate all they did , she was good to , but not quite so good as they were , but she was quite fearless and divide of the highest diving board and went down a chute in all kinds of peculiar position . |
| 25 | and she 's got arthritis , well in her knees , same as I have but not quite so bad because er , well up to now , but then again she 's younger than I am er several years younger than me and , but she 's getting on and so is Jack you see and er , and er so erm I 've had a , as I say , I 've had , I 've had a wonderful life really . |
| 26 | It is different from hers , but not quite so different as some suggest . |
| 27 | The mute when applied to the trumpet produces , when the instrument is blown softly , a far-away effect which , though not nearly so poetical as the sound of a soft muted horn , is nevertheless beautiful and intriguing . |
| 28 | The South African van der Bijl , bowling for Middlesex , was like a younger Lord Longford , ‘ though not nearly so tolerant ’ . |
| 29 | Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said . |