Example sentences of "so [adj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not refer to anything so vulgar as payment , of course , because the Gnomes would not expect it . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing so little as grace at first , and nothing more glorious afterward : things of greatest perfection are longest in coming to their growth … |
| 3 | His speeds are not so driven as Rattle 's , the energy level is lower ; but there is a clearer sense of the cunning in the music . |
| 4 | Nothing so absolute as sex . |
| 5 | It is not magic or superstition which is at the heart of the sacrilege so much as morality . ’ |
| 6 | We may long to scream , ‘ If you ever , ever so much as look at a prohibited substance , I 'll lock you in your bedroom until you 're 30 , ’ but we have to master our panic . |
| 7 | Erm is one they 've been in a very similar position to in so much as competition 's forced them to cost down dramatically I mean |
| 8 | If we can not take the initiative in refusing to dock tails , and are unable to so much as raise an eyebrow at what we suspect are dog fighting injuries , then why should we care how many dogs are killed weekly by the RSPCA ? |
| 9 | Nothing succeeded so much as success for the organization . |
| 10 | Er she had but not so much as father . |
| 11 | Passing swiftly over the visual arts bit — a series of paintings of living artists by Zsuzsi Roboz suggestive of nothing so much as chalk drawings on the pavements of Charing Cross Road — Mr Roosen is also offering ‘ complementary and holistic programmes for use in the private and corporate sectors worldwide ’ . |
| 12 | For while your granny may have been content to envelope herself in a cloud of ‘ Tweed ’ each and every morning of her life — never daring to deviate from her ‘ trademark ’ perfume for so much as tea with the vicar — most of us , today , possess a positive wardrobe of perfumes to play with . |
| 13 | I see them every day and familiarity does n't breed contempt so much as disgust in me . |
| 14 | Not so violent as war surely ? |
| 15 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's frustration , but it is not so easy as Opposition Members keep asserting . |
| 16 | Well , go on , do n't stop there , I 'm sure the rest is just as fascinating — presumably that , yes , you knew Ryan , but when you flew over to find out why the hell he could n't get something so simple as planning permission you decided to do something about it yourself , and there was gullible little Hilary , all ready and waiting to fall into your arms . |
| 17 | Personal virtue , he went on , was indispensable , for " nothing is so dangerous as intelligence when it is guided by a corrupt heart " . |
| 18 | What is most wanted in a woman is gentleness ; formed to obey a creature so imperfect as man , a creature often vicious and always faulty , she should early learn to submit to injustice and to suffer the wrongs inflicted on her by her husband without complaint . |
| 19 | It seemed to me that he was colder now , disappointed that I should have been found to have anything so hostile as escape equipment in my pockets . |
| 20 | Fashions change , and the hulk-like diesels that were so unwelcome as steam replacements twenty-five years previously were given a massive send-off from the new generation of enthusiasts . |
| 21 | There is no form of advertising so valuable as word of mouth . |
| 22 | ‘ Why are Catholic churches here not so good as Church of Ireland ones ? ’ the man asked me . |
| 23 | Hardly anything so grand as horology I expect you 're thinking . |
| 24 | It 's not so rough as some things , it 's not so rough as rugby but perhaps you do n't mind being a bit rough do you ? |
| 25 | There 's nothing so lonely as unemployment , even if you 're on a queue with a thousand others . |
| 26 | I do n't think Sophie had ever felt anything so complicated as guilt , so she must have done these things because she was fond of him . |
| 27 | Methods however are not so important as outcome . |
| 28 | The streets may not have been nearly so safe as nostalgia for ‘ Old England ’ suggests , but it is likely that if working-class youths had been firing off guns throughout London , then we would have heard a little bit more about the matter . |
| 29 | Blow , blow thou Winter wynd , thou wert not so unkind as man 's ingratitude ! |
| 30 | Discussions do take place within this Government — we are not so Stalinist as Labour 's national executive committee in these matters . |