Example sentences of "is very [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay I think that 's very good really I I do n't think I think you 're writing is very nice as well . |
| 2 | The only disturbance to the peace of this natural sanctuary occurred 120 years ago when a spectacular railway was laid at a high level across the head of the valley ; this apart , Dentdale today is very much as it was three centuries ago , happily free from modern developments and well content to remain so . |
| 3 | ‘ Art therapy is very much as it sounds , it is about people transferring feelings into something which is tangible , ’ said Gloria . |
| 4 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
| 5 | Its members will be drawn mainly from the Commons ( the lower elected house ) , a few will be from the same party in the Lords ( the non-elected upper house ) and , although they remain in Parliament as MPs or peers , their role is very much as members of the executive , aiming to steer their programme through the assembly with as few complications or delays as possible . |
| 6 | The old varnish-crinkled wood lining is very exposed as the shelves are sparsely filled . |
| 7 | By the Cretaceous , insect damage is very pronounced as in the example of hundreds of cycad cones that have been examined : 22.2% of them had damage especially noticeable in those with mature pollen-bearing organs . |
| 8 | The writer is very necessary as scripts often need to be re-vamped on the spot if they are running over time or do n't sound right . |
| 9 | The snarling and growling is very audible as the lions move about , looking for a way out . |
| 10 | Construction : insulation is very good as there 's no through stitching in this bag — where the insulation layer is sewn onto the outer or inner fabric . |
| 11 | While the engine is out of the boat we will renew the sound insulation in the engine compartment , which is very dirty as well as having been superseded by much better materials in the intervening years , and install a much-needed light — have you tried to get a Volvo MD7a dipstick back into its hole , aboard a Sigma , in the dark ? |
| 12 | In this sense ARC/INFO macros , do , to a certain extent , shield the novice from a bewildering number of options , though such a system is most certainly not conversational and in several respects is very simple as compared with a comprehensive DSS . |
| 13 | I mean the basic mechanism is very simple as I say . |
| 14 | To do this , cut out the outline of the vase or urn from a large leaf ( an enormous autumn leaf is very useful as it has an interesting texture ) using a craft knife , and use the shape to form the container at the base of the picture . |
| 15 | This section is based on an article by Wilkinson ( 1982 ) , which is very useful as it exposes the underlying ideologies/philosophies or interests that are at stake in this kind of reform . |
| 16 | This way of looking at terms and not deciding their status until there has been a breach is very useful as it gives a welcome degree of flexibility to contracts , although it could be criticized for introducing uncertainty . |
| 17 | A second way of implying an operand is by encoding it as part of the operation code , although the range of values is very restricted as we do not wish to allocate many operation codes in this way . |
| 18 | The installation is very professional as is the actual program , but what else would you expect from leading leisure company SIERRA . |
| 19 | However , few studies of relative achievement have taken social class into account and this is very unfortunate as there is now overwhelming evidence of a strong relationship between social class and educational achievement ( for a recent overview see Mortimore and Blackstone , 1982 ) . |
| 20 | William is very worried as to whether he will pass his solicitor 's final examination which he has already failed twice . |
| 21 | It 's also very slow on the M twenty five in the area , anti-clockwise , junction twenty to nineteen , that 's Kingslangley and the A forty one , also sixteen to fifteen , the M forty and the M four , is very slow as well . |
| 22 | The obligations to be dealt with are the same , but the approach is very different as between the buyer and the seller . |
| 23 | The foot placement is very important as it encourages the rest of the body to take up a good position . |
| 24 | This flexibility is very important as it is only by changing mode in the middle of a session that a user can vary an earlier trail to explore the text in a new manner . |
| 25 | Regional director Wyn Roberts said : ‘ It is very important as this is our first venture into the private schools sector in Scotland . |
| 26 | Wayne Morris is very active as Nestor and surely has a career in regular farce . |
| 27 | You know , if you , if international trade is very difficult as it was , say two hundred years ago , then you 've got to be self sufficient . |
| 28 | My heart is very heavy as I look upon My Church . |
| 29 | The church seems to be slightly set away from the village , and is very elusive as you drive through , being only reached either through a farmyard or down a lane off the road to Wansford . |
| 30 | However , for a horse shut in a small yard , or especially a stable , boredom is very distressing as there is little it can do to break the monotony , and it will become anxious . |