Example sentences of "very [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | My family 's history is very tied to this lodge . |
| 2 | A school 's claim of achieving excellent standards in sports or instrumental music may seem very hollow to parents of children that do n't have an opportunity to take up an instrument or to play for the school team . |
| 3 | ‘ Professionalism ’ and ‘ relationships ’ ( or ‘ confidential relationships ’ ) are also relevant words in this discussion which may be used in a way that is highly supportive of , or very antagonistic to , access to information by the person to whom it relates . |
| 4 | It is very profitable to the place , as also in the number of shipping employed in bringing it to London ’ . |
| 5 | We were very alive to the fact that the Howie review was raising issues of integration and articulation that Further Education could n't afford to ignore . |
| 6 | The fact is that the rich retained most of their income and wealth , although there was , quite clearly , some transference of wealth and income from the very rich to the middling rich sections , as indicated in Table 6.3 . |
| 7 | There are other aspects to the care of our horse that can cause the horse to create habits which are very destructive to itself . |
| 8 | This squeezing in of lymphocytes and blood vessels is itself very destructive to the normal architecture of the tissues , and in rheumatoid arthritis even erodes the bone until the joint is completely destroyed , causing crippling deformities . |
| 9 | " The Meeting considering that the number of useless Dogs in this Country are a great grievance , and that for many obvious reasons their number should be deminished. , and it being also represented that a number of Half Grayhounds very destructive to Hares are kept by Many This Meeting recommend to the Gentlemen of the different quarters of Islay to Intimate to the people of their neighbourhood that all useless and superflous Dogs are to be killed , and that the owner of any Dog found chasing Sheep or Lambs or running Hares shall be liable for the Damages , and the Meeting also recommend that no dog be seen at Church or other publick Meetings . " |
| 10 | Such questions are particularly useful when the social health of the group is poor , when the group is very unused to being given responsibility , when you want to draw individuals into the decision-making process , perhaps because they are mischievous or nervous . |
| 11 | It was all very strange to her , but she 'd soon get the hang of it . |
| 12 | Howard would surely not have objected to either , although the idea of a department of corrections would have been very strange to him and the idea that it could act as a system to feed and clothe itself would presumably have seemed a desirable but unreal and irrelevant objective . |
| 13 | Obsessional neurosis is shown in the patient 's being occupied with thoughts in which he is in fact not interested , in his being aware of impulses which appear very strange to him and his being led to actions the performance of which give him no enjoyment but which it is quite impossible for him to omit . |
| 14 | The world would sound very strange to us through the ears of a frog , for we would hear the calls of other frogs , the noises made by its predators , and little else . |
| 15 | Usually , I stay the same all day , and changing so often feels very strange to me . ’ |
| 16 | I mean that 's why we went on a Thursday and they 'd changed their as a chap that seems very strange to me ! |
| 17 | The participants ' answers were scored and their grand totals then checked against where they fell on a continuum of five risk levels ranging from very low to very high . |
| 18 | A couple of cushions , it 's very low to the floor as well |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to be the bearer of bad news , but there 's been an accident , ’ he said in the sepulchral tones of an undertaker . |
| 20 | Erm , Chairman I 'm , I 'm very sorry to if I may just mention this , that in the representations and observations that er are summarized in three point three , erm I personally have copies of letters written by parish councils all along the A ten eighty eight route , erm obviously I 'm referring to Icksworth , Icksworth , |
| 21 | Ayers cites one such constable : ‘ He was known as Hitler because of his moustache and being very cruel to kids playing football in the street . |
| 22 | I had heard that her husband had been very cruel to her . |
| 23 | If anyone asks how you treated me , I will tell them the truth , that you were very cruel to me . |
| 24 | Some of our friends and neighbours were very cruel to me . |
| 25 | Perhaps you know that I married a man who was very cruel to me . |
| 26 | Furthermore , because information needs are often very specific to companies and individuals , they recommend that : |
| 27 | His hopes are set , as ever in the context of the whole — his seas , hill and woods , and mossy apple trees — but his emotions are very specific to the time and place , and environment in which he writes . |
| 28 | It 's the program that 's very specific to this problem . |
| 29 | So my conclusion is that we blanked due to a combination of the bream being well fed and very alert to danger . |
| 30 | I know you 've seen him — he told me , and I 'm afraid he was n't very polite to you . |