Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if you remember the question that the founding fathers faced was how do you create a government which is strong enough to endure and to defend the nation and defend the country yet a government which is not so strong that it erodes the rights of individuals within it , this is the , the essence of the , the problem of government as , as the founding fathers saw it . |
| 2 | There is a pouched mouse in Australia , though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way . |
| 3 | Yet not so rotten that it had obscured the carved initials at the base of the grip . |
| 4 | The pain was intense , gripping her with its cruel talons , biting deep , but not so deep that it wiped out the sudden rush of anger she felt at his blind stubbornness . |
| 5 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
| 6 | But this is not so impressive as it appears . |
| 7 | This is not so hypocritical as it sounds for Godwin hated violence and war . |
| 8 | And that 's not so daft as it seems you know . |
| 9 | This large display ( right ) in a cool , fresh , green and white colour scheme , provides a central focal point for the table , but it is not so large that it obscures the guests ' view . |
| 10 | One of the main planks of the CCAUK 's argument is that the Annual Percentage rate is not so high as it looks , since though most transactions are contracted for ( say ) 26 weeks , in fact they end up being repaid — with no series problem — in about 30 or 33 weeks , with no penalty . |
| 11 | Secondly , the raising of the school leaving age in 1947 meant that the difference between types of secondary schooling was not so marked as it had been . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Debussy 's answer to a journalist who asked if he was familiar with heaven — ‘ yes , but I do n't natter about it with strangers ’ - is not so silly as it sounds . |
| 15 | I 'm getting so expert with my chopsticks now that I can almost eat my soup with them — actually , that 's not so silly as it sounds , as the soup often contains large lumps of meat and veg . |
| 16 | A ring should feel comfortable , not so loose that it slips down your finger but not so tight that it is difficult to remove . |
| 17 | ‘ Tucker again ; Exeter , 4 January : Come if you can but it 's not so bad as it seemed . ’ |
| 18 | It 's not so bad if it 's got picture , you know what 's inside it then . |
| 19 | But she is n't so dependable when it comes to housework . |
| 20 | But it is n't so bad as it sounds , really it is n't . |