Example sentences of "not [art] very [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place was not a very grand huge château , but it was imposing and romantic nevertheless , with lawned terraces sweeping down to the drive , great old trees around it and a small lake to one side that actually lapped the lower walls . |
| 2 | It was not a very good French side , but they showed many of the basic national virtues and that was what gave them their narrow victory . |
| 3 | Not a very good free kick by Mills . |
| 4 | Both male and female show broad white bars on the upper side of the wing in flight but several ducks display white patches of one kind or another and it is not a very useful diagnostic feature . |
| 5 | Really , she was n't a very nice old woman , thought Ianthe , beginning to feel indignant that Miss Grimes was n't conforming more to type . |