Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The key is not so much to end up with the right plan as to engage in strategic thinking . |
| 2 | A Home Secretary needs one , not so much to stand up to criminals as to stand up to people with damaging non-solutions to crime . |
| 3 | The latter has a lyric set round an argument which Bob not so much gives in to , but agrees to differ on … |
| 4 | Talking about his selection he said : ‘ I think that most of us look at paintings not so much to find out about them , but to find out about ourselves , for like a great novel or play , a great painting offers us a unique opportunity of investigating our own experiences . ’ |
| 5 | Not so many went out to work as they do now . ’ |
| 6 | But it is not so easy to legislate out of existence the cultures which produce these practices . |
| 7 | The safety factor was also important as older people were not so able to jump out of the way of stock or swinging gates . |
| 8 | In practice it is not always easy to stand back from the mass of information and choose a main message and a few submessages . |
| 9 | It is not always easy to get up to date information on which to set the quotas , especially in a small area sample . |
| 10 | and I mean I 've got s it 's not as bad going back from here cos it 'll only be about a six hour then . |
| 11 | She works ordinary hours so Anne 's not often free to go out with her now . ’ |
| 12 | We are not even likely to put up with our politicians ' abdication of monetary responsibility for long , though it is another subject they try not to mention in front of us . |
| 13 | There 's not too much mucking around with finances and all that palaver , and there 's even automatic team selection to save time . |
| 14 | One place in a team is not too much to give up in return for new ideas and expertise . ’ |
| 15 | IT 'S not too late to sign up for a sponsored step aerobics session at Darlington 's Dolphin Centre later this month . |
| 16 | oh course , aha , no , it 's , it 's not that bad going out with them they act a bit different , not much different , when they 're on their own yeah , cos Chris came to the cinema by himself with us , with me and Kate |
| 17 | Brass or metal bedheads may look elegant but they are n't very comfortable to lean back against . |