Example sentences of "very [adj] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm very supportive of the changes . |
| 2 | ‘ We have been very very supportive of the exchange and all the operations that have been going on . |
| 3 | Singh 's silence prompted Indian newspapers , which had tended to be very supportive of the Prime Minister , to publish some highly critical articles . |
| 4 | In the past these people have been very supportive of the police . |
| 5 | Jim Wilkie , the council 's director of planning and economic development , said English Estates was very supportive of the strategic sites study recommendations . |
| 6 | She had been there before and was very tolerant of the young man plying her with questions . |
| 7 | Of course , in the 1960s or 1970s they were less likely to be called projects : they were ‘ schemes ’ , or ‘ plans ’ , all very redolent of the ‘ planning ’ of the public sector , indeed of all economic life in those Wilsonian days . |
| 8 | Crofters were very apprehensive of the possible changes . |
| 9 | I put inbetween the thighs three Arquesbusade bottles , one full of Camphorated Spirits very rich of the Gum ; one containing 8 oz of Oil of Rosemary ; and in the other 2 oz Oil of Lavender . |
| 10 | He was very untypical of the modern world who dislike the modern world and make their dislike of the modern world perfectly evident of other people |
| 11 | Poor Friday was very afraid of the snow . |
| 12 | Many users are not at present very demanding of a catalogue . |
| 13 | The disadvantage of Windows word-processors is that they , together with Windows programs in general , are very demanding of the hardware . |
| 14 | P. H. George Low was very fond of a midday noggin . |
| 15 | You , one gets very fond of a house really . |
| 16 | Old Mrs Brady never took to Moran but she grew very fond of the children . |
| 17 | Charles and Diana are both very fond of the Antipodes — Charles feels particularly at home there after his months at Timbertop — but it was a long and exhausting tour . |
| 18 | They had been so kind towards him , so very fond of the prodigal young man . |
| 19 | ‘ Not a thousand men appeared , ’ the Earl Marischal summed up , ‘ and even those seemed not very fond of the enterprise . ’ |
| 20 | Although this may be unwelcome , particularly if you are very fond of the place in which you live , the alternative may be that you spend the next few years in a state of anxiety and misery because of money worries . |
| 21 | Many Home Helps become very fond of the elderly people they visit , often doing all kinds of extra jobs for them when they have the time , and the moral support they give to lonely old people is invaluable . |
| 22 | He was n't very fond of the river Wye , for its rocky crevasses had claimed too many young lives even during the short time he had been there . |
| 23 | Annie herself had grown very fond of the child . |
| 24 | We grew very fond of the Temple of Luxor which we saw from our window in every mood of light . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're very fond of the Dysons , are n't you ? ’ she said . |
| 26 | Johnson ate ‘ several plate-fulls of Scotch broth , with barley and peas in it , and seemed very fond of the dish ’ . |
| 27 | I was very fond of the sheep , especially when there were lambs , as well as the pigs and hens , but the dogs and the cows were very dear to me . |
| 28 | The Opposition are very fond of the idea that one can create new ’ safeguards ’ for employees . |
| 29 | She was always very fond of the farm |
| 30 | She had , like everyone else , become very fond of the little Burgermeister . |