Example sentences of "not so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When her father formed the view that the car he and her mother had bought her for her eighteenth birthday was more roadworthy than Cara 's outwardly smart but inwardly not so clever vehicle , it was decided that they would use her regularly serviced Volkswagen Polo for the trip . |
| 2 | tends to work better , I 'm not so sure portrait is the right thing to do . |
| 3 | She was not sure what she felt about the rapport which was springing up between her treasure and his now not so new maid . |
| 4 | Today sees the debut of a number of new and not so new summer signings . |
| 5 | During the time it took to drink three glasses of unspeakable piss masquerading as wine , I had close to twenty offers : straight sex , not so straight sex , definitely warped sex , threesomes , foursomes , orgies , photos , videos . ’ |
| 6 | The implication is that the early Australians may have imported their basic mythology at some distant time or had experienced cultural intercourse with visitors from India in the not so remote past . |
| 7 | So it is not an impossibility that the Earth has indeed been flipped over , or at least tilted , during remote or even not so remote prehistory . |
| 8 | In the not so distant past , North Dalton 's church was well supported . |
| 9 | Nurses are no longer expected to sublimate their feelings behind starchy officiousness as has been the case in the not so distant past . |
| 10 | Nor are the blight years which affected potato crops in about one year in three , in the not so distant past . |
| 11 | Taking Laugharne , Llansteffan and Ferryside in context , that not so distant dream of typically quaint and charming Welsh seaside villages is complete . |
| 12 | In the not so distant future Wimpey 's decision to run its Middle East operation from Dubai under the directorship of Hugh Hayden will give a massive fillip to our ability to secure work in the region . |
| 13 | We also once had a not so young horse who took a while to understand the requirements of turn on the forehand . |
| 14 | ( Exercise 3.12.10 gives an example not so unlike Q in which no such m can be found . ) |
| 15 | Not so good luck for the Veterans A side in Division One of the Veterans ' Section , who went down 7–2 to Romford A. Derek Wood and Dave Binns took a point apiece for Clacton . |
| 16 | The pressure finally told when Champness converted East Grinstead 's tenth penalty corner , but it was a spirited performance from the young Holywood team and a not so impressive display from the visitors who were due to face Lisnagarvey this afternoon and Banbridge tomorrow at Blaris . |
| 17 | NOT SO HOT ROD |
| 18 | I should have made more effort to get close to her , Claudia thought miserably ; all her efforts had been rebuffed , but , deny it or not , the bond was there and she hesitated to turn her sensitive twin over to Roman Wyatt 's not so tender mercy . |
| 19 | Was there no traffic on the Leeds LISTSERV during the weekend , as I received nothing at all about our glorious or not so glorious win , whichever newpaper you bothered to buy at the weekend . |
| 20 | NOT SO LOUSY ADVICE |
| 21 | THE NOT SO LAZY LIFE OF LARRY & LILY |
| 22 | The rash may take one of several forms — it may mimic a host of rare and not so rare skin conditions . |
| 23 | As they flowed on their — as it turned out — not so eternal journey from the hinterland of Ely and Cambridge to the Wash , these rivers deposited silt along their beds ; and now , although the rivers vanished centuries ago , this silt stands out , a startling pale-fawn colour , as it snakes across the adjacent black peat of the Fens . |
| 24 | But perhaps more importantly , do any companies get real value from the large sums they spend trying to persuade a gullible or not so gullible public that they are modern and go-ahead — or , even more to the point , how many logos that do not contain the company name ( like BP or ICI ) are recognised unprompted by the average person ? |
| 25 | Erm it may be some will be not so easy need a bit more work and some of them 'll be sort of in the middle . |
| 26 | As you probably know , Eddi turned up in the TV series Your Cheatin' Heart , not so long back , doing her joint vocal and thespian thing . |
| 27 | I mean her her s her dad he he come down Green not so long back to go onto the market , what 's that you know just outside the flats . |
| 28 | What was it you threw at me , not so long back ? |
| 29 | Wrexham , she was at Wrexham not so long back , like , so she 's er , quite a sporty type , er |
| 30 | Although verbal agreements can be binding in law , they can be difficult to prove in later years , particularly when a new not so friendly neighbour comes on the scene . |