Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] when it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the adoption of the Gothic style for church schools is not so surprising when it is considered that the design of schools was a subject in which the influential Ecclesiological Society — the significant impact of whose views on church design has already been referred to — was prepared to interest itself . |
| 2 | Then , he had been quite amused and content to joke about being nothing more than a flower bearer , but he was not so happy when it became a regular occurrence . |
| 3 | But knowledge develops unevenly ; Dewey 's luck was not so conspicuous when it came to , say , radio engineering , where relatively simple new subjects end up with a classification symbol of twelve digits or more . |
| 4 | Celia is easy-going about her sitters , and thinks that the English are not particularly vain when it comes to portraits : ‘ I find people are often very nervous about how they look , and not at all arrogant . |
| 5 | Users themselves , however , are not completely blameless when it comes to the slow uptake of open systems , Wendler observes , ‘ our clients do n't take products seriously until IBM is involved . ’ |
| 6 | The Vatican , I must say , is not too bad when it is full and the resonance is reduced . |
| 7 | Well you wo n't so much when it 's dried . |
| 8 | But she is n't so dependable when it comes to housework . |
| 9 | It was n't going to help Andrew 's plight , endowing himself bewitched by a young gypsy girl he could never have , but Fate was n't always kind when it selected the tricks it was going to play . |
| 10 | Did n't we notice that her voice really was n't that strong when it went right up to the top storey ? |