Example sentences of "but not so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A big advantage of using a medium-speed film such as APE 100 is that it is fast enough for hand-held camera use but not so fast that on bright days creativity is limited by the necessary use of a small apertures or high shutter speed . |
| 2 | But not so fast . |
| 3 | The division is reflected rather straightforwardly in considered judgements about the acceptability of sentences containing anaphoric expressions , but not so straightforwardly in on-line processing . |
| 4 | A social work career was developed in connection with this work , but not so effectively as was the case in the children 's departments . |
| 5 | " He knew we were going , but not so soon . |
| 6 | In ‘ The Last Chronicle of Barset ’ , she appears again , as the novel is also centred around Barchester in Barsetshire , but not so prominently . |
| 7 | In fact , closed crowns had been employed in the fifteenth century , as early as the coronation of Henry IV , but not so regularly that the historian can assume that there was any conscious policy behind the practice . |
| 8 | Jerome had done foully , but not so foully as he himself and all here believed . |
| 9 | It was also shown that the pedagogical perspectives held by mainstream mathematical educators , broadly ‘ psychometric ’ , were such as to legitimate the broad outlines of a curriculum differentiated by ‘ ability ’ ( but not so clearly its differentiation by sex ) . |
| 10 | oh well I , I think it did , it did emerge but not so clearly , but it did emerge in Mr evidence |
| 11 | Some people do well in these but not so well in the squad ( and vice versa ) , presumably because of the different pressures each brings to bear . |
| 12 | Benjamin Franklin s contribution to the identification of electricity in the form of lightning is well known , but not so well appreciated are the subtlety and simplicity of his apparatus and experiments . |
| 13 | This worked well for those in the A stream but not so well for those in the B stream , and badly for those in the C stream , who got discouraged . |
| 14 | The torrent here was almost as fearsome as it had been at the original crossing point , but not so deep . |
| 15 | Druggets are made in India and the Balkan countries , usually from a combination of goat hair , cotton and jute , and are equally cheap and cheerful , but not so frequently found . |
| 16 | Decretal letters , in answer to queries about particular legal points , came to be the major source of declaration during the twelfth century , more numerous than the decrees of councils but not so easily disseminated for use . |
| 17 | ‘ Those notices , ’ announced Gus clearly to the general air , but not so loudly as to reach unauthorised ears , ‘ mean exactly what they say . |
| 18 | But not so terribly easy when a folder of crime-fighting guidance is left propped against every front door . |
| 19 | It came on fitfully , but not so violently , several times on Thursday , and began severer threats towards night ; but I took between sixty and seventy drops of laudanum , and sopped the Cerberus , just as his mouth began to open . |
| 20 | Everyone knew that Duke William still had his hands full with Anjou and Aquitaine , but a victory was a victory , and the Normans drank deeply that Christmas , but not so deeply , as Osbern cheerfully assured his employer , that they would not be able to defend Scotia against anyone who tried to interfere with it . |
| 21 | This was long enough to become an expert by American standards , but not so long the life force would be sucked out of me . ’ |
| 22 | But not so long ago , it looked as though the tough-talking Aussie would be a victim of market forces as his Sky satellite TV station appeared doomed to failure . |
| 23 | But not so long ago they were actually sails and had to be put up and taken down like the sails of a ship . |
| 24 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 25 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |
| 26 | " But not so foolishly . " |
| 27 | I wonder if you are using ( in lectures ) a statement I remember you making in talk , but not so far as I can recall , in print . |
| 28 | SOME time ago , but not so far back that it can be dismissed as incidental , a belligerent centre-half , who needed very little encouragement in such nefarious matters , was instructed to discover how fast the visiting centre-forward could limp . |
| 29 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
| 30 | There have been ugly outbreaks in the other townships , but not so far in Harare . |