Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] [be] slow " in BNC.

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1 By comparison with other intermediaries growth has been slow , at least until the 1980s when the value of investment trusts ' assets almost doubled ( 1981–86 ) .
2 One of the main stumbling blocks to renewed diplomatic relations ( which were severed in 1967 — see p. 22482 ) was the existence of debts incurred by the Sukarno regime which the Suharto government had been slow to settle .
3 While recovery in the US economy has been slow , it has been a recovery nonetheless .
4 Church growth thinking has been slow to come to terms with the problem of nominality within existing churches , and has consequently given the impression that mission is simply making more and more people to become like ourselves .
5 The corporate identity image has been slow to disappear , with the old standard liveries lingering even on Intercity services .
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