Example sentences of "not be [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attention paid to authentic workwear style on fashion pages , much of it in this magazine , has not been matched so readily on the nation 's streets . |
| 2 | In the US great emphasis has been placed on rooting out aggressive instincts from those used for show stock , but this lead has not been followed so staunchly elsewhere . |
| 3 | As for most of the secondary infectious agents a clear correlation between intestinal HIV infection and gastrointestinal symptoms has not been established so far . |
| 4 | His re-entry , however , either to mainstream or to the start of adult working life , may not be achieved so smoothly . |
| 5 | It is well known that Homoeopathic remedies are very dilute in their preparation though their effects can not be explained so simply . |
| 6 | Without their dedicated service , the prison would not be run so well as it is . |
| 7 | It can not be argued so categorically that this was the sole source of the style in the twelfth century or that it would not soon have developed in a similar manner elsewhere if the Île de France had not then produced it . |
| 8 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 9 | The method has all the elements of a fictional adventure story , and yet it can not be dismissed so easily . |
| 10 | The work of discourse analysis also shows that the denials of prejudice should not be dismissed so facilely , as lacking social significance . |
| 11 | This can not be assumed so easily in variable analysis . |
| 12 | So Robyn dragged her eyes away , broke the moment with deliberate determination ; her resolutions , made as she 'd lain in bed last night , would not be broken so early , so easily . |
| 13 | In defence of fishing it has been alleged that , were it not for fishermen on our rivers , accidental or deliberate pollution would not be detected so quickly . |
| 14 | In January 1949 the British cabinet ruled that co-operation with Europe should not be taken so far that it compromised Britain 's ability to survive as an independent state . |
| 15 | Animals such as mussels would not be spread so liberally around the world — indeed they could not have evolved at all — unless they had a phase as mobile plankton . |