Example sentences of "and [pers pn] is very [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman is a little off the point , and he is very selective in his reading . |
| 2 | He loves cooking and he is very good at it . |
| 3 | His ear is like my own , and he is very good with the crew . |
| 4 | So you can imagine Frank Clarke thinking well we 've got the wind behind us we 've got ta put a lot of high balls into the box and he is very important to us but at the moment he 's not making the box . |
| 5 | There are several reasons for this extension but the most important in the case of the declaration is that , being a non-coercive remedy ( which means that failure to comply with a declaration does not amount to a contempt of court ) , it is available against the Crown ; and it is very useful in other situations where the seeking of a coercive remedy might be thought unnecessarily aggressive , and where the plaintiff is confident that the defendant will do the right thing once a court says what it is . |
| 6 | That is a trap which people get into with acts and it is very dangerous for both sides . |
| 7 | It is expensive to buy food that children do not eat and it is very easy for the mother to fall into the trap of offering the child only what she thinks the child still likes . |
| 8 | Living with uncertainty is distressing and it is very easy for people to feel : |
| 9 | Penguin 's strength is of course in its enormous bookshop area , and it is very strong in my High-flyer league . |
| 10 | Recognise that addictive diseases affects different people in different ways and it is very variable in its intensity but that all share the denial of believing that they are not addicted : the crucial test of addiction is not whether one can stop the use of an addictive substance or behaviour but whether one can happily stay off and not be drawn back to it or to something equally addictive . |
| 11 | The approach in this case has been continued by the courts and it is very rare for a volenti plea to succeed in an employee — employer case . |
| 12 | And it is very stupid for anyone in any position of power to think that what goes around does not come around . ’ |
| 13 | Better maintenance of the border is a central factor in our policy and it is very much at the heart of the arrangements and agreement that we have with the Irish Government . |
| 14 | We discussed that point with President Yeltsin and it is very much on his mind . |
| 15 | Terrific strides have been made in mental health in this county erm lots of it under voluntary and it is very much to be commended . |
| 16 | ‘ We are now in a recession and it is very short-sighted of businessmen to start complaining . |
| 17 | The balance between the two varied according to economic circumstances , and it is very difficult for us to reconstruct the nature of these services in detail over a wide area before the thirteenth century . |
| 18 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 19 | The current rate of increase in the number of books , periodicals and learned journals being published is exponential and it is very difficult for a student to keep abreast of developments in a particular field . |
| 20 | In passing , it is interesting to note that the General Orders require explicitly that the grounds of objection be ‘ distinctly stated ’ ; notwithstanding this , it is most unusual to find a petition which does not say that the petitioner objects to the order ‘ for the reasons , amongst others , hereinafter stated ’ , and it is very common for the petition to end with a statement to the effect that there are divers other provisions of the Bill to which objection is taken . |
| 21 | It is dark outside now , and it is very quiet in this house . |