Example sentences of "[adj] very good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within 5 mins their keeper had made 2 very good ( OK excellent ) saves . |
| 2 | It was the closure of a good , old style joinery firm and there were some very good machines to be had . |
| 3 | ‘ Beneath the can of worms there are some very good businesses . ’ |
| 4 | There are some very good photographs and some intriguing snippets of information — Michael Bowyer tells how the Operational Requirement that led to the Hampden and Wellington specified that the aircraft should have folding wings for hangar storage ! |
| 5 | The man they follow was a fine storyteller himself by all accounts — and there is no question they have some very good basic material . ’ |
| 6 | There are some very good used examples to be had . |
| 7 | Mr Frederick Garnet , 81 , said : ‘ The last thing she said to us before she left was that she would have some very good news for the family when she came home . |
| 8 | The observers met some very good teachers who were working in very unsympathetic conditions within a school , and other teachers who were muddled in their thinking about aims , and yet others who did not know how to bring any educational or artistic guts to the drama lesson . |
| 9 | He was very much loved by his owner Gordon ( who was tragically to die quite young ) but Hasso 's blood was to produce some very good animals , not only in the UK but also in Australia , America and Canada . |
| 10 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
| 11 | There are some very good ones around . |
| 12 | On the finance and legal side we have had some very good women at Channel 4 : Janet Walker , for example , now , I think , at Granada ; Kate Wilson , who was a lawyer and is now a senior lawyer . |
| 13 | Elsewhere there is some very good singing , especially from the excellent Marina of Stevka Mineva , the more than usually listenable Grigory of Michail Svetlev , and Boris Martinovich 's splendidly sinister Rangoni . |
| 14 | Even if you do fill your freezer with packaged ready-made meals ( and there are some very good ones now , even if they are a little expensive ) , it at least saves you time and organisation . |
| 15 | Using the bike and the pick-up stick I find that I can cover quite a large area of ground and take some very good exercise at the same time . ’ |
| 16 | You can buy some very good invitation cards , but spending time with your child making invitations can be an inventive prelude to a party . |
| 17 | Yesterday 's message of ‘ bran alone ’ is now outdated and for some very good reasons . |
| 18 | Without doubt wild-caught fish are the best for breeding and there are now some very good specimens about . |
| 19 | The Digital effects on the other hand behaved very well , and while limited in their scope I quickly achieved some very good results . |
| 20 | Over the fireplace was a very glamourized portrait of Sukey in a pale blue ball dress and some very good sapphires . |
| 21 | The vineyards produce table grapes and some very good wine . |
| 22 | ‘ Wycombe have some very good players . |
| 23 | The market is very competitive and , with falling charges and improved performance , there are some very good deals around . |
| 24 | ‘ I have some very good news for you , my dear fellow , ’ he told the young man . |
| 25 | ‘ It is a strong team , basically Territorial Army but with some very good civilian climbers . |
| 26 | ‘ The squad have some very good players , young and promising with lots of talent . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around . |
| 28 | The tragedy is that Offiah did some very good promotional work in Gateshead a couple of days before the game — and then blew all the goodwill . |
| 29 | It sparked off some very good discussions , far more than we had time to transmit . |
| 30 | Pat and Charles came to Arundel in 1974 as the tenants of the Red Lion public house , and took over this distinctive modern house in 1985 from some very good friends . |