Example sentences of "[not/n't] very [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not very nice to wear them because you get that is the end product . |
| 2 | ‘ But it 's not very nice to take a convicted criminal into your home and then to have him tell you that you 're of little consequence . ’ |
| 3 | It 's not very nice to do that ! |
| 4 | Yes because they 're not very nice to eat they just get in your teeth I 'll rinse these up |
| 5 | It is not very clever to spray and fight off enemies from the front door , while letting them take up residence outside a wide open back door . |
| 6 | They used to These they used to be a round used to be round you know and not very used to hit them as you hit them with a stick you see , they used to wheel wheel round and round . |
| 7 | It is not very easy to arrange ventilation schemes when the designer has forgotten to do so and often the best that could be done was to arrange to leave the inspection doors open when on the ground . |
| 8 | And , personally , I mean , I know , having been there in the evening in that hall , it 's , it 's not very easy to hire it out , but it 's freezing still . |
| 9 | It is often said that it is not very easy to turn an omelette back into eggs . |
| 10 | It is , however , not very easy to undertake population or community studies of disease for reasons of practicality . |
| 11 | ‘ But then , ’ she said , ‘ when you try to think what it is you 've got hold of , it 's not very easy to say . ’ |
| 12 | It is not very easy to judge when you are two-thirds of the way through a turn , so turning round a buoy provides a good reference point . |
| 13 | IT HAD long been my ambition to learn to fly , but I had discounted it as being too expensive and not very easy to start . |
| 14 | Since the cells are closed , spindle-shaped tubes , the liquid water inside them is not very easy to get out . |
| 15 | Not very easy to get now . |
| 16 | I mean you may find it 's not very easy to cut it down further until |
| 17 | It 's not very easy to recognise without . ’ |
| 18 | In practice , as we shall see , it is not very easy to make effective use of the high tensile strength of timber . |
| 19 | However , this is not very easy to achieve . |
| 20 | A fourth reason was simply that the lobon-gur mixture was not very pleasant to taste . |
| 21 | Not very pleasant to taste , owing to a lack of sufficient juniper flavouring . |
| 22 | A Ven Gajdusek , she swiftly realised , who had recognised not only the Skoda but its occupants too , and , from the look of fury on his face , was not very pleased to see any of them . |
| 23 | Oh I 'm not very pleased to hear that . |
| 24 | It was extremely difficult for the USA to devalue since all currencies were expressed in terms of the dollar , and yet surplus countries were not very keen to revalue their currencies . |
| 25 | However , the Secretary of State is not very keen to call in applications and there has to be some substantial justification , e.g. a public outcry . |
| 26 | It 's not very gallant to keep her waiting , ’ he added reprovingly . |
| 27 | Yeah it 's like it 's not very good to do it with that because you ca n't |
| 28 | On the other hand , shaky close-ups , even of magnificent beasts , are not very good to watch and you really need to provide yourself with some kind of additional support to help you hold the camcorder steady . |
| 29 | So £10,000 is not very much to spend on research . ’ |
| 30 | it erm not very much to ask you about is there ? |