Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] [conj] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish my sight were not so powerful and so cunning … . |
| 2 | My conclusion of the strength of her faith is that her convictions are in fact not so deep-seated or so fundamental as to constitute an immutable decision by her as to her way of life — or her way of death . |
| 3 | While I am happy that our efforts to keep more heavy traffic off the roads should achieve front page prominence , I am not so keen that so much journalistic ‘ topspin ’ should have been applied in the process . |
| 4 | Of course the visual indicators are useful but not so personal or so reassuring ( or so charming ) , and you can not talk to them about delays and ‘ Are there free sandwiches and coffee ? ’ |
| 5 | The effector processes become slower and less powerful but these effects are not so marked or so consistent . |
| 6 | The ‘ implications ’ of literacy are not so obvious nor so easily elicited or described as Goody suggests . |
| 7 | Barbs is n't so old or so smelly , but she reminds me of him . ’ |