Example sentences of "but [not/n't] so [det] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Emotions towards the skipper must be mixed : his runs are obviously needed , but not so many that he presents an unanswerable case for a Test recall .
2 We have had losses , but not so many as some .
3 It is important that you do your chosen exercise at a pace that makes you slightly breathless and increases your heart rate , but not so much that you can not maintain the exercise for at least twenty or thirty minutes .
4 As you pick up the flesh , squeeze it and apply as much pressure as you can tolerate , but not so much that you bruise the area .
5 OD1 proved itself much more like the classic Marshall sound , with enough dirt to make things ballsy , but not so much that backing off the guitar did n't clean up the tone for real blues rhythm playing and crunchy Bryan Adams-type chords .
6 There was some smoke there but not so much that he required to use his goggles .
7 ‘ So what I think we 've got to do , ’ says Howard , ‘ is to set up a society where everyone has enough sort of … contentment … to be sort of contented , but not so much that they ca n't see that all this sort of contentment is sort of blinding them to the possibility of becoming sort of more contented in a sort of kind of deeper sort of … ’
8 Quantity — this should be sufficient to ensure that items do not run out of stock , but not so much that unnecessary inventory costs are incurred through excessive stock-holding .
9 He wanted to find her , certainly , but not so much because of his job as a reporter , rather because of what he might learn from her .
10 Again , we see the need for flexibility in the control structure , with each component being given enough free rein to contribute fully , but not so much as to force it to take decisions for which it , on its own , has insufficient evidence .
11 It shows enough to reveal the nature and genuineness of the reality , but not so much as to overwhelm .
12 The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them .
13 Having been primed by Draper back in the hotel room on who played or produced what , Branson would present himself with a box of tapes and play just one track by each artist ; enough to whet the appetite , but not so much as to test his customer 's patience — or indeed Branson 's own musical knowledge .
14 Er she had but not so much as father .
15 But not so much as the readers and staff of Gandalf 's Garden .
16 For the duration of the war , British and American diplomats performed a nerve-racking balancing act , providing just enough credit and material aid ( especially grain and petroleum ) to prevent Franco from going over completely to the Axis , but not so much as to enable him to become strong enough to dispense with maintaining relations with them .
17 It blew very hard , but not so much as to prevent Messrs. Gould and Gunn going on shore .
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