Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [vb infin] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you must not regret so bitterly ! |
| 2 | In a dramatic personal speech , Mr Lamont disclosed that on Black Wednesday the Prime Minister wrote to him saying he was not resigning ‘ and I should not do so either ’ . |
| 3 | It was even acceptable to chant or recite a verse or two in public if the young mirza had ‘ beauty and a good voice ’ ; but he should not do so too often or at length for fear — heaven forbid — that he be mistaken for a professional poet or singer . |
| 4 | It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested . |
| 5 | We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say . |
| 6 | The current round of talks on the general agreement on tariffs and trade should not emphasise so much the free market in food , which will be very much to the detriment of the economies and the environments of third world countries . |
| 7 | I have no doubt myself that in the expansion of land to the west , er D thirty nine , and possibly D forty would , and I think that his comment that development should not extend so far north is relevant . |
| 8 | A punch should not extend so far as to throw the puncher off balance , nor should a block be carried more than six inches above the head . |
| 9 | We should allow them to get on with their business and we should not interfere so regularly in what they do . |
| 10 | An example of this has already appeared in Holland , where the Minister of Justice refused to approve policy allowing lesbians and gays to adopt children , arguing that Holland should not deviate so far from general European policy . |
| 11 | You may not think so now , little one , but you were safer as my wife . ’ |
| 12 | The secondary forest is much less diverse , trees may not last so long , more sunshine reaches the ground and different plants grow . |
| 13 | How it differs from Liphook , however , is that the head teacher is wise enough to understand that all children are individuals and what works for one may not work so well for another . |
| 14 | ‘ It may not seem so now , but I promise you a miscarriage is one of nature 's mercies . ’ |
| 15 | And how do they react to those activities which might not chime so sweetly in the ears of employers … to Rastafarianism , feminism , peace campaigning or the like ? |
| 16 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |
| 17 | Because of his Cartesianism , Malebranche could not go so far as to say that material objects were not really extended or in motion , but Pierre Bayle had argued that such restraint was unjustifiable . |
| 18 | Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma . |
| 19 | We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision . |
| 20 | He found that personal exchanges with the French could not flow so freely : interruptions for translation disturbed the train of thought . |
| 21 | I could not do so honourably . |
| 22 | It stated clearly that a flat rate charge could not cope with the scale of local authority expenditure and that it could not do so fairly . |
| 23 | Marcelle Fayette hated tea , but one could not say so under present circumstances . |
| 24 | I could not act so selfishly . ’ |
| 25 | On the one hand , his invasiveness of Johnson triggers an immediate cringe : on the other , were not Boswell so crass so frequently , his readers could not get so close to Johnson . |
| 26 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 27 | But we need not go so far as that ; it will suffice to suppose that firms rise and fall , but that the ‘ representative ’ firm remains always of about the same size , as does the representative tree of a virgin forest . [ … ] |
| 28 | Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground . |
| 29 | Dhanraj began by stating unequivocally that she saw film-making as a tool for socio-political challenge ( she would not go so far as to say change ) and that documentary was best suited to this purpose . |
| 30 | I would not go so far , but this is a good place to start finding out about unfamiliar topics . |