Example sentences of "[noun pl] not so [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is arguable that representatives of subject areas not so conventionally identified with the notion of a school library ( e.g. art , science , and computer studies ) might have helped to break the stereotypical view of school libraries as the preserve of the English department and provided the team with some refreshingly different perspectives . |
| 2 | In due course , when all available information on the releases of polonium-210 and other nuclides not so far incorporated in the analysis has been assimilated , the board will publish a revised assessment of the radiological implications of environmental releases from the Windscale fire . |
| 3 | As a child , reading her mother 's collection of Victorian novels , Edwardian novels , she had wondered how women could bear to renounce their position in the centre of the matrimonial stage , the sexual arena , how they could bring themselves to consent to adopt the role of chaperon , to sit at the edge of the dance on little gilt-legged chairs gossiping and watching , spectators , as the younger ones innocently paired , as the older ones not so innocently paired , in the ever-changing formations of the floor . |
| 4 | C1 was to be a two-year course for 16-plus school-leavers with suitable qualifications , leading to a certificate or diploma comparable in status to an OND , while C2 would normally be of two years ' duration and would be for students not so highly qualified or well-motivated as those taking C1 courses . |
| 5 | This still leaves the first topic , namely why in practice government does interfere , and the question of motivations embodied in one central group of actors not so far highlighted , the regulators themselves . |