Example sentences of "the problem [is] [not/n't] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is not so much the look itself , but the attitude behind the style that appearances ( and labels ) are everything . |
| 2 | But the problem is not so simply solved . |
| 3 | The problem is not so much whether you can or ca n't but rather whether you want to . |
| 4 | The problem is not so much the effect this will have on eastern and central African populations of leopard , which are relatively stable , but the disastrous impact it could have on the species elsewhere . |
| 5 | The problem is not so much our ignorance over the issues relevant to a discussion of epidemiology and risk , appalling though that is , as the confusion of our feelings about sex itself . |
| 6 | However , the problem is not so much the balance , but the varying times taken for the raw materials to complete their respective breakdowns and become available to the plants . |
| 7 | Now that herb nursery and seed lists name hundreds of species , the problem is not so much what to grow , as where to grow — how to fit as many as possible of these delightful plants into the general garden scene . |
| 8 | In the area of restrictive trades practices , the problem is not so much the absence of rules , as the form the rules take . |
| 9 | Recent investigations into lexical ambiguity ( Church , 1988 ) have shown that although words are capable of existing in many syntactic categories , in reality the problem is not so widespread and words actually possess unique ‘ best ’ parts of speech . |