Example sentences of "not [adv] so [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Hungarian poetry may begin to change towards a poetry which is more autonomous , more self-subsistent with its own themes and materials , not necessarily so directly structured by our political situation . |
| 2 | To use the words of Henry James : ‘ in the light , strange and coloured , like that of a painted picture , which fixed the impression for her , objects took on values not hitherto so fully shown ’ . |
| 3 | These features are not usually so well marked in females . |
| 4 | However , sites were not usually so well located , and even when distant from sources of suitable stone , there can have been little special movement of material in such small quantities as were required for cs . |
| 5 | ‘ You must put it down to jet lag and worry over my sister ; I 'm not usually so easily fooled . ’ |
| 6 | But they were not always so well received . |
| 7 | It becomes clear , too — especially when studying youth subcultures since rock 'n' roll — that the spheres of work and leisure are not always so closely intertwined as Adorno suggests , the latter simply duplicating the reified forms of consciousness which may be characteristic of the former . |
| 8 | The upshot of non-verbal actions is not always so easily formulated . |
| 9 | It forces the researcher to take seriously questions that may be relevant to other fields of enquiry , but which are not always so sharply focused . |
| 10 | But it seems that their notoriety was such that no waste disposer would take them , albeit Europe disposes of some 20000 tonnes of lethal chemicals a year , most not nearly so well wrapped . |
| 11 | It is quite evident that the majority feel that Medau Blue should be retained for use on special occasions thought you are not nearly so favourably disposed to wearing it in class — at least in its present form ! |
| 12 | It would seem , therefore , that there is considerable benefit to be obtained from the use of portfolio matrices , even if this view is not now so widely held in corporate-strategy literature . |
| 13 | Not quite so easily found just yet , but proving popular , are linen-Lycra mixes , often in knitwear rather than woven fabrics . |
| 14 | Men are not quite so easily put off sex . |
| 15 | And once you 're married a little bit of complacency settles in and your membership is not quite so well served , but what you 've got to remember is that whilst you 're busy losing interest , somebody else is always interested in your partner or your member , so when , I 'll rephrase that I 'll rephrase that . |
| 16 | ‘ Here we are to spend a merry right , are we not , Thomas ? ’ shouted Gwendolen in a high penetrating voice , to the intense interest of those not quite so well acquainted with Dickens 's letters . |
| 17 | Well , we seem to be a society that is very much orientated to crisis management rather than prevention , and perhaps we 're very good at recognizing our human needs and our children 's needs in terms of their nourishment , their physical and intellectual development , but perhaps not quite so well acquainted with their emotional needs to feel safe and secure with the adults around them being in control and able to handle their lives and the world 's situation in a mature and secure way . |
| 18 | Though perhaps not quite so avidly sought after as its Pirelli or even Ilford counterpart , these nonetheless prove to be extremely popular with local folk who send them to their far-flung nearest and dearest . |
| 19 | It is not however so well suited to an intensive , detailed study of spoken language . |