Example sentences of "[verb] be very " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a very strong idea of what I wanted , even through I had plenty of photos : I knew exactly the kind of movements I was looking for , I 'm glad we did it in two — I do n't think the cricketer would 've been very keen to do it again ! ’ |
| 2 | No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward . |
| 3 | Presumably it is much more likely that such a problem would be picked up by professionals involved in a family , but it underlines the fact that children who are failing to thrive are very much at risk unless they are being taken to the clinic , for example , or are being seen regularly in the home by a Health Visitor . |
| 4 | But it is also that the worlds which Burrows evokes are very intimate and very enclosed . |
| 5 | But Val 's message to the High Street stores that sell computers is still important — you have a duty to your customers to provide some guidance even if this means pointing out that some of the computers you sell are very limited ! |
| 6 | Staff at the Radcliffe Infirmary where Senad and Dino were treated are very pleased both men are well on the way to recovery . |
| 7 | Many of the definitions given are very general , for example that of Scriven : ‘ evaluation attempts to answer certain types of questions about certain entities ’ . |
| 8 | However , one thing worth mentioning at this point is that the larger parts are not always a guarantee of an agent 's interest — quite often big roles will attract attention , but a student who has been very well cast in a smaller role may hit the mark just as effectively . |
| 9 | The condition of the Northern catholic — nationalist minority has been very different from that of the majority in the South . |
| 10 | Indeed the overall score of the 1980s has been very uneven . |
| 11 | Lacan has been very influential , although he is an almost impenetrably obscure writer . |
| 12 | ‘ The deal has been very good for football , ’ he says , ‘ and I believe that television is going to be accepted as a very important tool in the game 's administration . |
| 13 | Their performance has been very poor . |
| 14 | ‘ It has been very disturbing and hurtful for me to see the way things have happened , ’ Charlton said . |
| 15 | It has been very rare to see German aircraft in the sky . |
| 16 | Their advice and assistance offered to those seeking help through the Association during 1990 has been very much appreciated . |
| 17 | Since 1976 , the flow of new investment has been very modest , and in some years negative . |
| 18 | Marx 's theory about what causes the historical process has been very widely discussed and we shall return to it again and again in this book , but even at this stage a simple account of it must be given . |
| 19 | The weather this winter has been very harsh with a lot of snow and wind . |
| 20 | I think that attitude has been very bad for the industry as a whole . |
| 21 | The company stresses the problem has been very short-lived . |
| 22 | The reaction to Mrs Chamorro has been very strong and it 's beginning to worry Ortega . ’ |
| 23 | Under these conditions Hong Kong emigration to Britain has been very small . |
| 24 | The pound 's fall from grace has not been quite as marked as the stock market 's recovery but , for all the Government 's protestations about the need for a firm exchange rate , its decline has been very sharp . |
| 25 | ‘ He has been very helpful . ’ |
| 26 | There has been very little work done on the psychology of the horse . |
| 27 | But he has been very loving this summer and much cast down by the failure of the Italian cause and I will not grudge him a livelier time of it in Rome . |
| 28 | But behind the scenes it has been very different . |
| 29 | ‘ It has been very quiet up here for the last two years , but suddenly we have had a surge , ’ says a Vardy spokesman . |
| 30 | Ballesteros 's 69 was more of a scramble , particularly over the closing holes , but he got away with it thanks to a short game which has been very consistent both this week and last . |