Example sentences of "[subord] [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 | But if I dare to retaliate … if even so much as a minute flick of water lands on the Monster 's piggy-pink face … |
| 6 | If , in addition , I were accompanied by his fifteen soldiers I believed we should be too strong a party to invite attack , while not so strong as to alarm and provoke the tribes . |
| 7 | While not so attractive as the male it still shows the red stripes down the side and a hint of the red spots in the caudal peduncle . |
| 8 | Though not so revolutionary as to require years of testing and modification ( and run the risk of ultimate rejection as in the case of the Advanced Passenger Train ) . |
| 9 | To come to faith on the basis of experience alone is unwise , though not so foolish as to reject faith altogether because of lack of experience . |
| 10 | Such neutrons need not themselves be particularly energetic , but in a matter of minutes a free neutron will decay into an energetic proton and electron , though not so energetic as to readily escape from the magnetosphere . |
| 11 | If we are to take this speech as accurate reportage within the conventions of deathbed narratives , is there not something a little remarkable in Leapor 's assuring her friend and patron that she has always loved her father , though never so much as now , when she is dying ? |