Example sentences of "very [adj] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very profitable to the place , as also in the number of shipping employed in bringing it to London ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A couple of cushions , it 's very low to the floor as well |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There is also one present very dear to the hearts of my family as we are terrible ‘ glove-losers ’ and can never find a pair to keep our hands warm . |
| 6 | typically they 're very used to the mainframe environment and what the mainframe environment offers . |
| 7 | I was very receptive to the Bible , authority . |
| 8 | I 'm very grateful , I 'm very grateful to the Secretary of State . |
| 9 | I I 'm very grateful to the Secretary of State , erm is he aware that increasingly over this winter there have been examples of homes for the elderly and particularly nursing homes in the private sector without casting a valued judgement on the role of the private sector , er homes that are finding difficulty in the filling the beds because of policy that is being pursued in care in the community . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm very grateful to the Board for the grant , but I have estimated it will cost us around £ a month for a two bedroomed flat in Bristol , and I have the kids ' uniforms for college and all my books to buy . |
| 11 | I am very grateful to the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence for giving me the opportunity to give this paper as a lecture at the Accademia on 1 May 1992 . |
| 12 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
| 13 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister for his patience but er on the other hand it could be argued that it 's no use having a duty to report fraud unless you also have a duty to detect fraud . |
| 14 | I 'm very grateful to the minister for being brief though of course he passed on no information of any worth . |
| 15 | I 've got I , I as I say , I feel very grateful to the society for giving me the chance . |
| 16 | We are all in agreement that we will return to Lourdes when the opportunity presents itself , and are very grateful to the parishioners of St Bernadette 's Parish , who donated money to pay for us to go . |
| 17 | We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you . |
| 18 | ‘ We are very grateful to the EADT . |
| 19 | Spokesman Roy Butler from the Preston-based charity Heartbeat which helps victims of heart attacks said : ‘ We are very grateful to the pupils at the school . ’ |
| 20 | We are very grateful to the representatives of the following groups for agreeing to speak : |
| 21 | am very grateful to the Department of Social Security for providing the statistics contained in Tables 12.2 and 12.3 . |
| 22 | Mrs Joiner was very pleasant to the children in her tone and announced success in work for Amnesty International . |
| 23 | Since the Z88 is very different to the BBC Micro , there are considerable differences in the action of the VDU commands . |
| 24 | However , the weather is very different to the west of a sinuous line that curves down from a point off the east coast of Japan and then very roughly parallels , a thousand miles out , the outline of Asia — curving in towards Borneo , out over New Guinea , down around the Solomons . |
| 25 | The way she 's had to deal with her life is very different to the way us three suburban-born white guys have dealt with ours , and we 're learning something every day — it 's a cool band . ’ |
| 26 | The answer can be only a muted ‘ yes ’ since the economic foundations of most African countries , and the size and distribution of their population is very different to the situation prevailing in the early 1960s . |
| 27 | During this period we find him in conflict with races who were very different to the Franks : the Slavs and Avars in the east and the Saracens in the south and west . |
| 28 | A deed planned in cold blood may appear very different to the perpetrator if he ever gets round to carrying it out . |
| 29 | The machine is very different to the hug machinery at Castle Donington , it is powered by a large Petter Diesel Engine and is a 100KVA generating set which has been restored to full working order by a small , but dedicated group of volunteers at the centre . |
| 30 | The swordfish 's dorsal fin is very different to the sailfish 's , since it is high in front but much shorter as it curves towards the tail . |