Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] so much [subord] " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	It is , however , generally known that many trade unions choose the winter months for strikes because they can exert more pressure on employers than during other periods of the year and not so much because their members can claim tax rebates .
3	He wanted to find her , certainly , but not so much because of his job as a reporter , rather because of what he might learn from her .
4	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 .
5	It shows enough to reveal the nature and genuineness of the reality , but not so much as to overwhelm .
6	The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them .
7	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 .
8	Er she had but not so much as father .
9	But not so much as the readers and staff of Gandalf 's Garden .
10	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 .
11	It blew very hard , but not so much as to prevent Messrs. Gould and Gunn going on shore .

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