Example sentences of "is [not/n't] 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 | And the TV advert in which John Lee seems to be endorsing ICI ( who pump out a disgraceful amount of CFCs into the atmosphere ) is n't so terrific either . |
| 9 | ‘ It is n't so friendly out here , ’ said the first soldier with a shiver . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , it is n't so great here at the bottom , most of the time . |
| 11 | Well the , the lighting switch is n't so clever either . |
| 12 | " It is n't so bad now . " |
| 13 | ‘ Not one single thing — a clockwork is n't so uncomplicated either — a combination . |