Example sentences of "[pron] not [adv] much " in BNC.
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1 | Daddy how much would you be prepared to spend for her , that I not How much would you , when you were little how much would you pay for . |
2 | In Protestant countries the morality of sexual restraint and fidelity was supposed to be binding on both sexes , but the very fact that it was felt to be so even by those who broke it , led them not so much into hypocrisy as into personal torment . |
3 | So the question becomes one not so much of scoring as of affect : did Monseiur Blondel sing Hymen straight , or was the part conceived rather in a humorous vein ? |
4 | Were there not so much at stake , in the eyes of many Europeans , the American government would warrant disqualification from the talks for not trying . |
5 | Were there not so much , so dense and so hot , the Sun would not light at all . |
6 | Why is there not very much left in ? |
7 | And she names it not so much as an act of politesse but of evasion , even cowardice . |
8 | Boxers , footballers and athletes who eventually broke through at the highest level , in championships in football league , in international meetings , made it not so much in spite of their blackness but because of it . |
9 | It Not so much move around , er some people , the age group you 're talking about going to the blues , because do n't just think that it 's it is prominently West Indians or blacks , that go , but there 's white people go as well . |
10 | That 's the kind of war this one was , one where the only person you could trust was yourself , and yourself not that much . |
11 | It 's quite possible that people shunned us not so much as a mark of outrage at what we had done , but to avoid the frustration of not being able to satisfy their curiosity about what exactly it was . |