Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [adv] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our own guess is tentatively encouraging , but not confidently so . |
| 2 | They were secret , but not professionally so . |
| 3 | It is lively , flexible and responsive — a little noisy perhaps but not annoyingly so . |
| 4 | The correlations for the young students only ( those under 24 years of age at graduation ) were higher than those for all students but not dramatically so . |
| 5 | The erm the views coming back from the consultant were obviously er so follow occasions but not dramatically so . |
| 6 | IN comparison to the other places we 'd visited until then , and to those we would subsequently see , Porto was the most touristy — but not unpleasantly so , and we strolled down to the river Douro where all the famous port cellars are . |
| 7 | The harmonic effect is dissonant , but not unpleasantly so , and the absence of chromaticism means that a background feeling of unity typical of the diatonic system is retained : |
| 8 | The neck is thin but not awkwardly so , and the satin-finish lacquer and those huge , well-polished frets combine to make it a fast guitar in every direction . |
| 9 | They tended , but not overwhelmingly so , to be in favour of ‘ Death Penalty ’ and ‘ Birching ’ . |
| 10 | These are almost equally spaced with the result that Z is almost periodic ( but not exactly so — there are detectable variations in , for example , the minimum value of Z ) . |
| 11 | I accept that the figures are slightly down , but not enormously so . |
| 12 | He flung the bedclothes back but not nearly so purposefully as heretofore , and he stayed on his back beside Clarissa who begged him not to go shouting just for once , because that was what the gramophone girl wanted , did n't he see ? |
| 13 | The Woodworm Years , a compilation from more recent recordings , has its moments , but not nearly so many as the 1970 House Full and Full House re-issues . |
| 14 | A bold statement , but not nearly so bold as Kingsley Amis , who admires Lonsdale 's whole project , and Leapor in particular . |
| 15 | We know a fair amount about what was happening on the east coast of Scotland at that date , but not nearly so much about the west . |
| 16 | He was completely bald , but not shinily so , rather with a soft downy finish over his domed head . |
| 17 | Earwig , thankfully , are n't that retiring and introverted , blissed out on personal dreamscape excursions yes , but not painfully so . |
| 18 | A bit rapid , but not unduly so under the circumstances . ’ |
| 19 | They were lesser men , lairds , burgesses and others , mainly from southern Scotland — the area of the English ‘ pale ’ — but not exclusively so ; it was ‘ assured Scots ’ from the Highlands , bound to and paid by Henry VIII , who ravaged parts of Argyllshire in 1545 . |
| 20 | Graduates in Theatre Studies tend to seek work with a vocational bias , but not exclusively so . |
| 21 | It is true that the provisions of the Code are very largely concerned with those who are in custody , but not exclusively so . |
| 22 | H pylori is classically associated with inflammation of the antrum but not exclusively so . |
| 23 | Instead , he had appeared happy to let her come and go unpestered , although , like Mary , but not yet so acutely , he had been aware of a deeper affinity . |
| 24 | He investigates by going to places , tackling people , often but not always by shooting or slugging them , and often but not obligatorily so by going to bed with them . |
| 25 | The inside was cramped but not unwelcomely so and the walls were bright white and well cleaned . |
| 26 | The final league position was slightly false , but not amazingly so . |
| 27 | We are patient , but not infinitely so . |
| 28 | Remember that you are part of a whole and that you are just as important as anyone else — but not more so . |
| 29 | The mean random haemoglobin A 1 values within treatment groups were lower , but not significantly so , in the general practice patients ( insulin dependent 10.2% v 11.2% , p=0.15 ; oral hypo-glycaemics 10.6% v 1.2% , p=0.17 ; diet alone 9.1% v 9.9% , p=0.18 ) . |
| 30 | However , the mortality rate due to acute gastroenteritis was lower in vitamin-A-supplemented than in placebo clusters ( 0.66 [ 0.47–0.92 ] , p=0.02 ) ; mortality rates for all other causes except acute lower respiratory infections and malaria were also lower in vitamin A clusters , but not significantly so . |