Example sentences of "so [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not so much a naan bread , more a toasted duvet , ’ I 'd said . |
| 2 | This is surely not so much a knock-out punch , more of a gentle slap on the wrist . |
| 3 | The noted Maori boys college was not so much a rugby school as a school of rugby , fielding 13 rugby teams , one football side and one hockey team from its 350 pupils , as well as producing the best school XV in the country . |
| 4 | It 's not so much a style difference as how comfortable you feel , and where you have the handholds . |
| 5 | There is certainly , not so much a race problem between pupils , but there is a great problem here at the moment with the congregation , shall we say , of black pupils . |
| 6 | He is so much a scum supporter it makes me heave . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not so much a game show , more a study of psychology . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm in London I 'm in the nick I 'm in fucking Paddington Green for Christ 's sake , the high-security station they use for the Provos and they think I 'm so dangerous so much a security risk they 've got me here and even holding me under the Prevention of Terrorism Act Jesus God because some of them still are n't convinced they are n't dealing with some unholy alliance of the IRA , Welsh Nationalists and uppity jocks . |
| 9 | This gave them not so much a production holiday , more like two serials ‘ in the can ’ for season two ( up to and including the rapidly commissioned ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ ) that could be recorded during season one 's contractual period . |
| 10 | What we need is not so much a point irregularity such as a foreign atom , because that could only facilitate movement at one point , but rather a line defect which will allow the army of molecules , as it were , to sweep forward on a broad front . |
| 11 | It was not so much a guidance note as a review ; the Committee 's terms of reference had been to consider the design and layout most appropriate to various types of roads in built-up areas , with due regard to safety , the free Mow of road traffic , economy and the requirements of town planning , and to make recommendations . |
| 12 | Oh because it 's so shittily , I mean it 's so obviously a B movie , the alien they find , yeah , is a beach ball with feet |
| 13 | It was so obviously a panic reaction that it fooled nobody . |
| 14 | It is quite remarkable that from so early an age with so short a track record he should have inspired such an industry of interest . |
| 15 | With so low a response rate , two questions arose concerning the representativeness of the data : whether any particular subgroup of teachers , for example , deputy heads , heads of departments , assistant teachers , were over-represented ; and whether the non-respondents as a subgroup held views about SSE which systematically differed from those of the respondents . |
| 16 | Every so often a mongrel dog would run from a mud-brick farmhouse and race the train furiously . |
| 17 | The bonanza went on until the church thought enough was enough and so on a Sunday evening in August , a concerted effort was made and strong sermons were preached from every pulpit against bee wine and its evil effects . |
| 18 | Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple . |