Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she has not been caught either , or not so blatantly that one has had to stop pretending to look the other way . |
| 2 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 3 | It went on falling steadily , although not so rapidly as this . |
| 4 | However , there do exist , and not so uncommonly that they can be safely ignored , minimal semantic constituents which consist of more than one word . |
| 5 | A big advantage of using a medium-speed film such as APE 100 is that it is fast enough for hand-held camera use but not so fast that on bright days creativity is limited by the necessary use of a small apertures or high shutter speed . |
| 6 | A social work career was developed in connection with this work , but not so effectively as was the case in the children 's departments . |
| 7 | In fact , closed crowns had been employed in the fifteenth century , as early as the coronation of Henry IV , but not so regularly that the historian can assume that there was any conscious policy behind the practice . |
| 8 | Jerome had done foully , but not so foully as he himself and all here believed . |
| 9 | ‘ Those notices , ’ announced Gus clearly to the general air , but not so loudly as to reach unauthorised ears , ‘ mean exactly what they say . |
| 10 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 11 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |
| 12 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
| 13 | I wonder if you are using ( in lectures ) a statement I remember you making in talk , but not so far as I can recall , in print . |
| 14 | By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving . |
| 15 | Sometimes I forget people too , but not so often as places . |
| 16 | The day had been hot ; in fact , the previous week had been very hot and so the roads and streets were paved with ridged flags of mud , hardbaked , but not so hard as to prevent their surfaces being skimmed off into dust which , in some streets of the town , seemed to be floating waist high like a mist rising from water . |
| 17 | ‘ The quads were great fun but not so hard as the crosscountry skiing we did . |
| 18 | Still sobbing , but not so wretchedly as before , the boy raised his right arm . |
| 19 | A 45-minute session makes you feel relaxed and slightly dazed , but not so severely that you ca n't go shopping afterwards . |
| 20 | Melissa was on her way in a flash , but not so quickly that she missed the knowing look on Iris 's face . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , picking her way delicately for his sake , ‘ the cloth still finds its way in , though not so freely and not so profitably . |
| 22 | If you had the money and the leisure in Brazil , and Emerson 's family gave him both — though not so lavishly as , say , Piquet 's family — motor racing was something perfectly natural . |
| 23 | Here too , though not so strongly as in the Hestia , I seem to glimpse a masterpiece behind the marble . |
| 24 | Internal security police still dog real or imagined opponents , though not so blatantly as last year . |
| 25 | He made her a bow , lighter and smaller than his , until she could shoot with it almost as well as Allen himself , though not so far because the light bow would n't carry . |