Example sentences of "be very [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " They 're very nice and kind , " answered Pipkin , " but I 'll tell you how they strike me . |
| 2 | We 're very concerned that justice should be done . |
| 3 | There 's a part of me that would like to be very cocky and self-assured . |
| 4 | Whether the new production for which there appears to be a market be large or small , the general rule will be that unless the price is expected to be very low that portion of the supply which can be most easily produced , with but small prime costs , will be produced : that portion is not likely to be on the margin of production . |
| 5 | Sterling 's devaluation should make a positive difference to industry 's competitiveness and profitability ; but the impact on exports may not be very strong while growth in continental Europe continues to slow . |
| 6 | er Again it 's difficult to say , the information has been leaking out from the talks , er it does n't look as though a pay formula is being included but Roger Pulne , er even on the onset of this dispute guaranteed the members er that any deal that was struck with management would include a pay formula and er if the deal does n't come out with a pay formula after the ballot as I say , I think people are going to be very disappointed and let-down by our union negotiators . |
| 7 | Their results did , however , confirm another effect evident in the original Kraemer and Roberts study — that the effects of a long retention interval can be very apparent when pre-exposure is given to a stimulus different from that used for conditioning and the test . |
| 8 | It would be very surprising if partisanship and ideology did not affect relative preferences in this way , but it is essential to control for partisanship and ideology before investigating other , less obvious influences . |
| 9 | It should now be very clear that development is a dynamic process in which cells repeatedly interact with each other , change shape and position , and become different . |
| 10 | Most people here would be very worried if information about them turned up in Greece , or in other European Community countries , based upon suspicion . |
| 11 | But progress may nevertheless be very slow and unemployment will persist for some long time . |
| 12 | In the case of Julie Smith it will be very short and admission procedures , nursing assessment and preparation for theatre will have to be compressed into a very short space of time . |
| 13 | I would like to say in general Mr I think that as a Committee we should welcome this report which does , it really does er has done a very thorough job and ha a a and provides us now with a s understandable framework and and time scale work when you 've got target and when brought forward or shown to any member of the complex that that erm I think provisionally with the backlog of what is now ready to tackle the result onto our and commissioner is grant er , er grant , erm there will be , it will be like an enormous benefits not just in those areas that John has taken us to but in general atmosphere which kind of be very tense and competition and I think we 'll be , be seeing the action in this token er within it will be er target time , erm real pro real progress will be this I think the feeling of that will going , come by will , will , will be a lot of ruling er in this area and maybe even start to er leave the question from er as a result and the signal to the users of our serv , of the services and erm would go out of here in a planned way and in answer to er fairly speedily and you know what or reduce the erm the aggro . |
| 14 | Call , a loud ringing ‘ kata , kata ’ , frequently uttered in flight , can be very puzzling when light too bright to see birds overhead . |
| 15 | ‘ But assuming that the Queen 's health continues to be good , Prince Charles will be well into middle age himself , and will be very aware that history could repeat itself if he puts William through all those ghastly years of waiting that he has gone through . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm very tired and weepy with exhaustion . ’ |
| 17 | There we were met by a Ministry official and an interpreter , who showed us something of the city and were very pleasant and chatty . |
| 18 | Because the Codds have been used to tiller-steered boats , they were very keen that Sparkle be similarly equipped . |
| 19 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 20 | Both were very interesting and fun , but nothing compared to what was planned for the rest of the holiday . |
| 21 | They were very wise and crystal clear — after the event . |
| 22 | She felt a great surge of depression and a feeling of imminent disaster as though she were very old and death was not far away . |
| 23 | They were very relaxed and Skip conveys the feeling that they were treating it more as a cruise than a race . |
| 24 | You were very quiet that term , different . |
| 25 | One of my ‘ better thans ’ is being very efficient and well-organised — my rising sign is Virgo — and I have been known to smile smugly when others display their lack of organisation , slowness or an inability to spell . |
| 26 | Life is very cheap and food excellent . |
| 27 | The loch is very weedy and fishing restricted to only a few clear patches ; but there are some super trout to be had , deep bodied and golden in colour . |
| 28 | The onset of the disease is very gradual and breathlessness only becomes troublesome when about half of the lung has been destroyed . |
| 29 | Sometimes visits will be on a regular daily basis , especially when a person is very disabled and assistance is needed in getting up and putting to bed . |
| 30 | Mistletoe is very scarce and dear this year , and I can offer you seven pounds for it . ’ |