Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not very good with words I am sorry to say , so that is how my imagination allows me to tell you what you mean to me . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not very good at travelling on my own . |
| 3 | I am not very impressed , ’ said Mrs Mirijana Vuic . |
| 4 | I am not very confident about tonights game . |
| 5 | I am not very sure what 's wrong with her but I can tell by the way they start discussing the weather when I come into the room that it must be Women 's Trouble . |
| 6 | I am not very sure that things are very much better now , but at least the days are longer and we probably wo n't suffer a power cut tonight . |
| 7 | ‘ You have to be patient waiting for a donor and I am not very patient . |
| 8 | It will be a bit nerve-racking in front of my home crowd and because as I have had to rest my shoulder I am not very fit . |
| 9 | I am not very wine-wise , you know . ’ |
| 10 | I am not very happy about this . |
| 11 | I thought I bet the cus I bet the er staff are not very pleased about that . |
| 12 | Furthermore they are not very successful in capturing the complexity of language . |
| 13 | Treatment efforts in general are not very successful . |
| 14 | Our observations of 5-year-old children have shown us that , compared with parents , teachers are not very successful in fulfilling these requirements . |
| 15 | Ordinary window stickers warning of the presence of an alarm are easily bought nowadays , and they are not very convincing . |
| 16 | What my analysis suggests is that the denials of professional responsibility , and the attempts to limit the economic consequences of being professionals , are not very convincing to a public that can observe auditors in a position of power dominated by economic self-interest . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly , such pains are not very susceptible to the action of conventional analgesics , including opiates . |
| 18 | ‘ We are not very strong but are very willing to learn . |
| 19 | If you are planning to work overseas for an organisation with which you are not very familiar , it makes sense to check that they are a bona fide , reputable organisation with a good track record of treating executive employees fairly . |
| 20 | In all classes , however , women see more relatives than men , although the differences , interestingly , are not very great . |
| 21 | Wintering birds are usually found singly , but gatherings of up to six are not very rare and about 15 wintered at Church Norton in 1968/69 . |
| 22 | They are not very loud and in terms of the volume of sound produced they are not particularly impressive . |
| 23 | And she warned : ‘ If Sarah does lose the children , she is prepared to tell stories that are not very pleasant about the Crown . ’ |
| 24 | The final miles back to Staveley are not very pleasant as they involve road walking , particularly the last mile and a half which is along a main road . |
| 25 | Thus although they can easily be sold , they are not very liquid . |
| 26 | Stocks and shares , on the other hand , are not very liquid since they can not be sold instantly at a guaranteed price . |
| 27 | But , as you point out , they are not very similar to dollars … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The individual products are not very profitable by the standards of a Hoechst but represent a good market for a small company . ’ |
| 29 | Stacks are not very suitable for small quantities , as too great an area is exposed to the air and a relatively high proportion of the crop wasted . |
| 30 | Whichever way these figures are compared , they are not very encouraging . |