Example sentences of "[is] not so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not so curious then that blacks have manifested a predilection for sport and have achieved high orders of success in their chosen disciplines . |
| 2 | ‘ Then we will take the boy 's speech and writing which is so good and subject it to careful analysis and if we teach the other boys whose writing and speech is not so good how to subject what they say and write to this kind of analysis they will realise how badly they speak and write and will promptly set about trying to improve the way they speak and write … . ’ |
| 3 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 4 | Her disadvantages are : I. That she has less technical skill than a man and is not so useful all round . |
| 5 | The section on the chemistry of gasication is not so definitive partly because the temperature gradient , which varies according to fuel and gasifier design , affects both the position of chemical equilibria and the relative rates of different reactions within the gasifier but also because few experimental results are available for interpretation . |
| 6 | ‘ This is not so old today . |
| 7 | Here is an example , from one of our front-room tapes , in which someone is answering a question about why football is not so popular nowadays . |
| 8 | It 's er it 's not so necessary probably er as where at times I 've given talks in various parts of the country on on this area . |
| 9 | It 's not so expensive actually , we like . |
| 10 | The second goal disappointed me because we 'd talked about Lineker getting behind us , let Gary Lineker have the ball in front and then he 's not so dangerous obviously ; that 's his strength , over the top , bump it in the net . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's not so nasty really , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Down the bottom there in , number page twenty six it speaks about another modest man who became a role model for me who 's name 's John now a member of the governing body of Jehovah Witnesses and he 's been quoted over the years as saying it 's not so much where you serve , but who you serve that is truly important , can you see that ? |
| 13 | But it 's not so much nowadays though . |
| 14 | Craig : Cheryl 's not so much always behind as all behind . |
| 15 | It 's not so much now , it 's so much that , |
| 16 | Well she 's not so much now , but she Julia would eat all day if we let her |
| 17 | It would be nice it 's my dream any youngster 's dream to play professional football and in South Africa it 's not so good there |
| 18 | But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I . |
| 19 | Well it 'll probably be alright , it 's not so cold today actually . |
| 20 | It 's not so cold now is it ? |
| 21 | Oh it 's not so cold now actually , it 's not |
| 22 | ‘ Well , she 's not so bad really , ’ said Dolly , ‘ she 's just a bit overflowin' , that 's all . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I suppose she 's not so bad really , but I honestly do n't get it . ’ |
| 24 | It 's not so bad now because tap 's working again . |
| 25 | Yeah Bryony went if you , well she 's not so bad now she 's got over that phase where she refused to have her coat on , but if you 're trying to get her ready erm and she does n't want to get ready , she 'll say either go away or do n't do that to me if I 'm trying to get her coat on . |
| 26 | But it 's not so bad down here . |
| 27 | Oh right , well that 's not so bad then I 'm happy |
| 28 | Oh that 's not so bad then |
| 29 | And he do like it so it , it 's not so bad then . |
| 30 | Ah that 's not so bad then , I thought perhaps the poor taxpayer was going to have to foot the bill . |