Example sentences of "not very [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's not very nice that ! |
| 2 | Why then must the street in which she lives , in a row of handsome but not very grand Georgian houses , be protected by gates and railings which can without hyperbole be described as neo-palatial ? |
| 3 | Well it 's not very good this year are n't they ? |
| 4 | They should n't do it on er , visibility 's not very good either is it ? |
| 5 | and then Martha 's voice , what do you want , with a not very good American accent and that 's it . |
| 6 | Was David not very good last ye last year ? |
| 7 | Of course , all this is a trouble to do , but it makes an excellent and not very expensive first dish for a luncheon for four people . |
| 8 | Perhaps I 'll just explain what this is about , chairs , it 's not very self- explanatory . |
| 9 | If we are not very careful black and white children in schools are seen as in need of a different education simply because of the culture they are expected to belong to . |
| 10 | A similar building , housing the faculty of Theology , was proposed for the other side of the road , but instead we have the not very edifying Intercontinental Hotel of 1974 by K. Filsak . |
| 11 | The only first-hand evidence they had and that depended on the observation of a not very bright young man , on a dark misty night , at a distance of a hundred yards . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe I 'm not very bright this morning , ’ she prevaricated , ‘ but you seem to be implying something . |
| 13 | They threw us out in the end , they 're not very patient these people … ’ |
| 14 | They threw us out in the end , they 're not very patient these people … ’ |
| 15 | Carter 's Republican opponent this time was Ronald Reagan , a not very distinguished former Hollywood film star who had been Governor of California . |
| 16 | Various religious were in Rome for other reasons , such as Thomas of Marlborough , whom we shall meet later , and Richard , prior of Dunstable , a smallish and not very significant Augustinian house . |
| 17 | He was , understandably , not very cheerful this morning . |
| 18 | If that is how Cardiff High School was when Goronwy Rees knew it in the year of my birth , then it was not very different eleven years later . |
| 19 | We need to look at needs multipliers and area cost adjustments , particularly for outer London — they are not very generous this year . |