Example sentences of "very [adj] to have the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We are very fortunate to have the privilege of worshipping Sunday by Sunday in a full church .
2 You 're very lucky to have the food , miss . ’
3 As far as the people living in this area are concerned , it would be very valuable to have the traffic diverted as from next January .
4 Indeed , they were no doubt very glad to have the reassurance of each other 's presence for travelling into an unknown future .
5 Because when you say ‘ full backing ’ it 's all very well to have the N U J saying ‘ we 're fully behind you ’ , but you do need to see something positive .
6 We are very happy to have the ceremony again , and welcome the expert , Mrs Sumie Takahashi , who is coming over to us from London .
7 It is very flattering to have the girls screaming for you , ’ he says .
8 We are very proud to have the opportunity of introducing our president to our Norfolk audiences ; as Molly has kindly consented to handle the commentary for us .
9 Mr Mitchell-Gears said he was very pleased to have the opportunity to promote the council 's case for assisted area status .
10 What happened was that a big boardroom job that was quietly occupying us and running nicely to schedule suddenly went critical when our friendly architect informed us that the Secretary of State was opening the building four weeks earlier than scheduled and it would be very nice to have the furniture there .
11 Should be very nice to have the money .
12 ‘ Señor Parnham was very anxious to have the feature written , ’ he said threateningly .
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