Example sentences of "very [adj] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right , so implications there for developing countries , who are typically very dependent on agricultural exports as a source of export earnings . |
| 2 | The firm 's pattern of growth , as in the case of Heidrick and Struggles , was very dependent on individual personalities , and also suffered from the fact that the most successful headhunters are usually the worst managers . |
| 3 | Erm but it , it , it was very hard , very hard on these families because they worked really hard and the children kept on coming . |
| 4 | This can be very helpful on both sides , as their advice can be asked and issues discussed in a way that girls may not be able to do with their parents or anyone else . |
| 5 | He is very good on free kicks and penalties and scores quite a few from INSIDE the box as well . |
| 6 | That 's one of the things , I think , that the Roman Catholics who hanker after the old Latin Mass and its ritual miss the most , and I sympathize with them in the sense that there is n't a great deal of mystery about most of the worship in most of our churches any more , and whilst it 's very right and proper for us to be very busy on practical matters , we must n't forget that there are very mysterious questions about our purpose here , about death and life , which are n't answered simply by doing things and being very busy — in fact , that may be a form of escapism — we need both , and I would hope that there will be room again in Christianity in Europe for worship to become something which speaks to the things I find mysterious , and in that respect I think the interest in spirituality and religious experience , in mysticism , in all those sort of areas about one 's personal religious life , and a lot of it not very orthodox or traditional . |
| 7 | When Christians hear that they usually think it 's spelt S O N but it is n't , it 's S U N and the Sun of Righteousness er with healing in his wings , so Freud says and I believe it 's actually this seen it , it 's very common on Egyptian monuments it 's a picture of a sun er with , with wings , with rays shining out of it . |
| 8 | the parents , erm well that is very difficult on both sides . |
| 9 | Almondsbury were always a problem to Banbury , both teams playing very good football and the mid-field were very dominant on both sides , therefore the amount of chances were n't that great . |
| 10 | For now , he added , Telekom is ‘ very cheap on short distances , but not so very cheap on long distances ’ . |
| 11 | For now , he added , Telekom is ‘ very cheap on short distances , but not so very cheap on long distances ’ . |
| 12 | Their mother , Maud , was eighteen years younger than their father , and although , as a boy , Bernard constantly sought his Mother 's love and affection , he did not succeed and possibly because of that , he failed to shine academically — but he was very keen on all forms of sport . |
| 13 | I 'm very keen on all aspects of sport , not just athletics . |
| 14 | They 're very keen on new playwrights . |
| 15 | When he had found her , on holiday in Bournemouth , she had been very keen on amateur theatricals . |
| 16 | As we work , we can look out of the window now and then and see the students doing physical exercises and practising sports for the sports day on Monday — they 're very keen on physical jerks here , and at Peking we used to be woken up at 7 a.m. to find the Chinese staff doing P.E . |
| 17 | Another very successful collection of my pictures has been made by a lady who is very keen on yellow roses . |