Example sentences of "be [not/n't] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are not so much painting objects as indicating how the wind affects them , through brush action . |
| 2 | You are not so much painting objects as indicating how the wind affects them , through brush action . |
| 3 | These are not so much part of the ‘ inner voice ’ : in Cohen 's ( 1982 ) terms , they are perhaps more readily interpreted as the ‘ voice to the outside world ’ . |
| 4 | They are not so much status-based as functional , but they have an all-pervasive influence on the individual 's life far beyond the narrow functions which are their specific object . |
| 5 | In this context they are not so much cleaning agents as ‘ brighteners ’ and would benefit from being described as such . |
| 6 | As play went , things are not so clear cut . |
| 7 | tends to work better , I 'm not so sure portrait is the right thing to do . |
| 8 | Erm it may be some will be not so easy need a bit more work and some of them 'll be sort of in the middle . |
| 9 | Auntie said : " My eyesight 's as good as ever — well , better , really ; but my hands are n't so much use . " |
| 10 | Things are n't so clear cut and straightforward as you think Wednesday and that message is best illustrated by looking at your financial affairs . |
| 11 | Things are n't so clear cut and straightforward as you think Wednesday and that message is best illustrated by looking at your financial affairs . |
| 12 | And the projector 's arc lamps were not so much set as sunset , through a fog . |
| 13 | Both these latter points , though Macdonald does not connect them , appear to lend some force to the arguments of Edinburgh employers that by the end of the century , they were not so much drawing extra work to Edinburgh as desperately trying to stem an inexorable decline of the Edinburgh trade , occasioned both by its geographical distance from London ( incurring freight costs and inconvenience , which would have affected bookbinding equally ) and by its comparatively high rents and cost of living ( as compared to country towns like Frome ) . |
| 14 | In North America these struggles were not so clear cut . |
| 15 | There were n't so much bickering were there ? |
| 16 | It were n't so long back that er John Major , when talking about er benefit , was quite surprised by the fact that er disabled erm claimants had rose by , well it had quad quadrupled in inside the Thatcher years . |
| 17 | were n't so lucky managing just 18.3 overs in reply to 166 . |
| 18 | For the young person who finds reading difficult , Well done , Secret Seven is not so much escape as very hard work . |
| 19 | There is not so much glamour attached to say shirt no 17 as No 9 . |
| 20 | Campese is not so much dragon as dinosaur in a world of rugby that has been usurped by believers in forward power , physical prowess and the art of containment . |
| 21 | Today it is not so much fluoridation as nitrates and pesticides which generate international conflict over water quality . |
| 22 | There is not so much variation at the front end of the flowering season as there is in autumn and winter , when some varieties and types show a marked reluctance to end their activities . |
| 23 | What principally affects the environment of management is not so much turbulence as the wave upon wave of not very closely related demands and pressures from public and governmental sources . |
| 24 | The problem is that the Labour party dodges all the important European issues because its conversion to the EC is not so much skin deep as ruled purely by expediency . |
| 25 | As one leading business magazine put it. : ‘ Body Shop 's star in the City is not so much rising as super-glued to the roof of the firmament . ’ |
| 26 | The facilities available for television training differs from school to school ; filming and television work is expensive to organise , and really there is not so much opportunity as one would like to see for students to gain experience in these vital areas . |
| 27 | The rest is not so much history as anti-racist herstory . |
| 28 | Since the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 and the introduction of compulsory first land registration throughout the country , there is not so much emphasis placed upon smart engrossments . |
| 29 | But fluoride 's toughening is not so much help to the uneven biting surfaces ; they are at risk even when people practice good oral hygiene and regularly have their teeth professionally cleaned . |
| 30 | It is not so much lack of intelligence , though compared with other Labour post-war leaders , Attlee , Gaitskell , Wilson , Callaghan and Foot , Mr Kinnock certainly does not shine . |