Example sentences of "not so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so blatant now , but it meant the same . |
| 2 | This was not so blatant 20 years ago , but many managers even then said they were ‘ looking downhill ’ from their 40s on . |
| 3 | Not so fizzy |
| 4 | The ride followed by Marian and Allen , although not so broad as the main Highway , was lighter because the trees that flanked it , being for the most part giant oaks , had quelled the subordinate vegetation and left airy vistas between their trunks . |
| 5 | ‘ Not so fantastic as you might think , ’ said Melissa . |
| 6 | not so tall as all that |
| 7 | The giants were not so tall ( were the dwarfs therefore shorter too ? ) . |
| 8 | Not so tall and powerfully built that she felt as though she might break if he so much as touched her . |
| 9 | Not so tall , he was dark and clean-shaven with sharp , observant eyes and a cleft in the flesh of his chin . |
| 10 | He was a big man , not So tall but heavy , with kind of reddish-brown hair-what was left of it-and a finely-kept half-moon beard on his chin . |
| 11 | not so used |
| 12 | not so used |
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| 30 | De Gaulle could only survive by continually raising the stakes over issues that were crucial to his position but not so crucial to the British or Americans . |