Example sentences of "not [be] so [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem now is that the leading countries will not be so keen to invite Argentina to tour , although they may continue to like coming to Argentina . |
| 2 | Then when things get better they might not be so keen to take them on again , which again will affect service . |
| 3 | It sounds a beguiling idea , but a little reflection shows that it will not be so straightforward to achieve . |
| 4 | What will not be so simple to resolve , however , is the question of what accounting treatments will be necessary in order for life insurers ' financial statements to give a true and fair view of a company 's assets , liabilities , financial position and profit or loss . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend asks me to do several things that might not be so easy to do at once . |
| 6 | Other sources of acid rain may not be so easy to control . |
| 7 | He should have known from the first that the chasm which lay between them would not be so easy to cross . |
| 8 | It will not be so easy to reply instantaneously , so why not number the ten on your list and you can then respond with the number : |
| 9 | Quite a nice catch for him , we might think , though who was catching whom exactly may not be so easy to determine — many a man , according to a rather cynical 19th-century doctor , was ‘ bounced into marriage ’ . |
| 10 | But by leaving yourself a bit of slack it will not be so difficult to get out there and do it because you know you can reduce the numbers without phenomenal pain . |
| 11 | On occasion the underlying philosophy was extremely crude , recommending that ‘ if you provided them with footballs and made them kick footballs , they would not be so inclined to kick policemen in the street ’ . |
| 12 | Perhaps we should not be so ready to sneer at the Close Brethren who deny unbelievers access to their domestic table , when we often do not share our holy table with believers . |
| 13 | The wider , less devoted audience in the country will not be so ready to express approval . |
| 14 | The next tier would be seen as a legitimate point for appeal , and superior managers would not be so able to deny responsibility for action . |
| 15 | ‘ Do not be so quick to grieve . |
| 16 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 17 | Their replies to my questions may not be those that I had in mind , but by telling them that they were incorrect I would probably have ensured that they would not be so willing to answer again . |
| 18 | As Cora-Beth had so truly argued , they were engaged and it could not be so wrong to anticipate their actual marriage . |