Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not intended to be so sharp but Cranston 's secretive arrival had unnerved him . |
| 2 | A third party right can not be revoked or modified by the parties if it is established that the right was not intended to be so revocable or modifiable without the third party 's consent . |
| 3 | Compared with other regions , such as Bordeaux ( 750–950 millimetres ) , Burgundy ( 630 millimetres in the Côte d'Or ; 700millimetres in Beaujolais ) and the Loire valley ( 620–700 millimetres ) , however , this does not appear to be so high . |
| 4 | True , it is a risk — many a spring in Britain has thrown a frost at us in April , even May is not unknown — but you are not going to be so daft as to muffle up and go out to do the pruning just because the date or some idiot article says the time is right . |
| 5 | ‘ He proved today that he is very fast but I can tell him that tomorrow is not going to be so easy , ’ said Fittipaldi , who clocked 101.472mph . |
| 6 | I 'm not going to be so timid and unsure . |
| 7 | In North Yorkshire , Orkney and Wester Ross ( predominantly part-time ) this was not thought to be so important . |
| 8 | The next one is a rather different one in style , not attempting to be so nationalistic , chauvinistic . |
| 9 | Bearing in mind the notion of a portfolio spread of risk , directors do not have to be so risk-averse to all types of investment — especially where , with new technology , it may indicate the creation of an option to stay in business . |
| 10 | Ironically , a Labour government would not have to be so generous as the Tories . |
| 11 | Latin and Anglo-Saxon temperaments are at variance about what would constitute an acceptable noise level ; and young people do not seem to be so intolerant of noise as their elders . |
| 12 | But we can not afford to be so self-indulgent and dismissive . |
| 13 | The truth was that he could not bear to be so close to Chris and yet feel so distant . |
| 14 | And in Korea , the repression of opposition parties and of student and workers ' protest suggested that policies suitable to early phases of industrialisation might not continue to be so acceptable . |
| 15 | In other words the courts are not required to be so vigilant in his case as he is presumed to have negotiated the terms of his contract . |
| 16 | Look I do n't want to be so famous that I have to write autographs all over the place , and ca n't travel by bus in case I 'm mobbed . |
| 17 | It 's tempting to consider bottle-feeding instead , as babies take longer to digest formula milk , so feeds do n't need to be so frequent . |
| 18 | In this supporting role your Orc units do n't need to be so large and there is less need to provide standards or characters . |
| 19 | I have a feeling that that is n't going to be so easy . ’ |
| 20 | This is n't going to be so bad after all . |
| 21 | Perhaps things were n't going to be so bad after all . |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't have to be so unkind , ’ he complained . |
| 23 | You do n't have to be so serious , or part of some recognized youth culture . |
| 24 | In an age when much more business is project-oriented when it is increasingly a case of throw it at the wall and see what sticks ( perhaps in the public sector they really wish they did n't have to be so careful with the dosh and could similarly try things out more just to see what might work ) , the role of the chief exec is to empower the team and keep informed of progress ( half a side of A4 and no hyperbole please ) . |
| 25 | But you do n't have to be so beastly to him , Pickles . |
| 26 | ‘ I truly did n't mean to be so horrible . |
| 27 | And yet does n't Shetland does n't seem so difficult to un maybe it 's because we 're Orcadian but Shetland does n't seem to be so difficult to understand for somebody outside than Orcadian is I wonder why ? |
| 28 | He could n't continue to be so churlish in the face of Betty 's open-hearted goodwill . |