Example sentences of "not very [adj] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They managed to bend objects within sealed containers by simply opening the lids ; the seal was not very effective and the tampering was not detected . |
| 2 | The television was not very good and the voice crackled and faded from time to time . |
| 3 | This was not very steady and the model fell over . |
| 4 | Erm the working conditions were n't very good and the behaviour of the officers was n't very tolerable . |
| 5 | Jilly Fox did a rather well-informed feminist sketch comparing the chaplain 's sexist attitudes to those of the Ayatollah : it was n't very funny and the chaplain was not amused , although he wisely pretended to be . |