Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb infin] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skilled reader does not guess so much as eliminate alternatives by the most efficient route . |
| 2 | Apparently the green movement is worried that the rind may carry pesticides ; a new generation of beer purists dislike the lemon ; and it does not go so well with the heavily sedimented style currently favoured . |
| 3 | It does not go so far to ensure proportionality as other variants , but would involve the least departure from the existing system , would retain single-member constituencies which many regard as being a valuable feature of the present system , and would be much the simplest to understand in operation . |
| 4 | Although Johnson does not go so far as to claim that the affectless society was responsible for the Moors Murders , she does feel able to argue that the general atmosphere in society at the time had ‘ infected ’ the social system , and that ‘ Brady possibly , Hindley almost certainly , have been victims of fallout ’ . |
| 5 | Fitzgerald herself does not go so far as to suggest that they should not be used at all . |
| 6 | Christine Brooke-Rose does not go so far as to disavow authorial creativity altogether , but she too sees technology as the possible key to a breakthrough in how we think about the human subject . |
| 7 | However he does not go so far as to paraphrase by " see that " , as does Palmer . |
| 8 | It becomes a bonfire in autumn , but strangely does not burn so brightly as the green-leafed type distinguished as viridis . |
| 9 | It does not arise so much when the doubt lies between ( a ) consent and ( b ) no decision . |
| 10 | The evidence from the few areas that have been bored or surveyed geophysically supports this view , but other evidence does not fit so well . |
| 11 | Mr Gorbachev himself , in deciding to battle on as their leader , clearly does not think so . |
| 12 | They arise out of ourselves , and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot , though he usually does not think so . |
| 13 | It is simpler for golfers , of course , because there is an over-50 competition , besides which golf does not depend so much upon eye and agility and by using the wrinkles picked up over the years a player may still be competitive in his 50th year , as Raymond Floyd conclusively proved in the Masters at Augusta . |
| 14 | The Naked Lunch does not end so much as tail off entropically into verbal fragments . |
| 15 | At least if a woman goes out to work she can escape that — her mind is occupied , she does not long so much for her home in Pakistan . |
| 16 | Multi-strand , flexible , steel cable is particularly suited to winching because it does not kink so easily . |
| 17 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 18 | If the night is very cold or the middle of the day extremely hot , they may retreat to the galleries below ground level where the temperature does not vary so much . |
| 19 | Although Sag & Hankamer 's theory provides the basis of an excellent account of the considered judgement of literate people , it does not fare so well in explaining their ordinary language comprehension . |
| 20 | If he does not do so , Edwards will be able to sell his stake to the highest bidder . |
| 21 | Hobbes would be foolish to deny the pragmatic importance of the knowledge given by wide experience and history , and he certainly does not do so . |
| 22 | Again , where a contract provides , e.g. , that A shall pay £100 on 1 January next , and if he does not do so , shall pay £200 , Equity would not allow the £200 to be claimed , but treated it only as a security for the £100 with interest . |
| 23 | The presence of maids obviates any need for husbands to undertake traditionally female tasks and so , while a woman following her career does challenge a husband 's machismo in the sense that it gives her some independence ( both economically and socially ) , it does not do so in the sense of changing his role in the home . |
| 24 | So any electoral system should promote all three , and in this writer 's view the present system does not do so . |
| 25 | The sixth company , which does not identify key environmental issues in its planning guidelines , does not do so because strategic issues are not discussed as part of the planning process but are considered on a continuous basis . |
| 26 | If it does not do so within the one month time limit , compatibility is presumed . |
| 27 | Anyone who does not do so is out . |
| 28 | It does not do so ; standing orders recognise this position of dominance and provide for the devotion of most of the time of the House of government business , including Bills . |
| 29 | One would then not be saying that natural selection does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life but that one has a certain belief to the effect that it does not do so . |
| 30 | A person who wields authority in such a society does not do so typically by virtue of traditional rules ( about kingship or hereditary authority , for example ) or because of that person 's supposed special charismatic qualities , but as a result of an impersonal rule which has been consciously created by a rational legislative process , Weber says that the appropriate administrative form for a system of legal authority — because it is the most efficient form — is bureaucracy ( Weber 1969 : chs 3 and 11 ) . |