Example sentences of "but [not/n't] so [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A social work career was developed in connection with this work , but not so effectively as was the case in the children 's departments . |
| 2 | Jerome had done foully , but not so foully as he himself and all here believed . |
| 3 | ‘ Those notices , ’ announced Gus clearly to the general air , but not so loudly as to reach unauthorised ears , ‘ mean exactly what they say . |
| 4 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 5 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |
| 6 | I wonder if you are using ( in lectures ) a statement I remember you making in talk , but not so far as I can recall , in print . |
| 7 | By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving . |
| 8 | Sometimes I forget people too , but not so often as places . |
| 9 | The day had been hot ; in fact , the previous week had been very hot and so the roads and streets were paved with ridged flags of mud , hardbaked , but not so hard as to prevent their surfaces being skimmed off into dust which , in some streets of the town , seemed to be floating waist high like a mist rising from water . |
| 10 | ‘ The quads were great fun but not so hard as the crosscountry skiing we did . |
| 11 | Still sobbing , but not so wretchedly as before , the boy raised his right arm . |