Example sentences of "[am/are] not so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching on TV and taking part are not so much mutually exclusive as part of a balanced human cycle of passive and active involvement . |
| 2 | In contrast , the proposals for indicative drug budgets are not so much wrongly conceived as incomplete . |
| 3 | ‘ We believed the rumour on Tuesday that British Aerospace was building up a big shareholding but we are not so sure now , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 4 | The flowers are not so profuse then , and the leaves tend to cover them , but it 's still an extra treat . ’ |
| 5 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 6 | Ant species that are not so aggressive avidly remove insect eggs from foliage and generally ‘ spring-clean ’ the host . |
| 7 | And when you 're not so young either it 's , makes it er more awkward still , although she 's , she 's erm , she 's fairly well int she ? |
| 8 | Oh well you 're not so bad then are you ? |
| 9 | But I 'm not so sure now if it 's possible . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not so sure now . |
| 11 | At the time I did n't think he suspected , I 'm not so sure now . |
| 12 | ‘ I did want to talk about it but I 'm not so sure now . |
| 13 | I thought I could make it on my own here , but I 'm not so certain now . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not so desperate now . |
| 15 | I 'm not so bad now . |