Example sentences of "[adj] [is] very " in BNC.
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1 | It is only as economic circumstances have eased , for most people at least , that the expressive aspects of relationships have become more prominent , although whether family relationships can ever be regarded as ‘ purely ’ expressive is very questionable ( ibid . |
2 | Flying the TBM 700 is very easy . |
3 | ‘ This is very interesting , ’ she said , ‘ but I 'm afraid that it is nothing more than a performance . |
4 | This is very noticeable with experienced pilots flying into cloud without the help of the instruments . |
5 | Honing your skills like this is very enjoyable and will give you confidence if you ever have to land along a very narrow line such as a pathway . |
6 | This is very important because a tactically-minded competitor can crowd an inexperienced opponent out of the area , picking up points without even exchanging a technique . |
7 | The reason for this is very simple — you ca n't see it . |
8 | The reason for this is very simple ; the anterior deltoid is brought into play with nearly all chest exercises and is therefore always being trained more than the other heads . |
9 | This is very important where there is a constant change of partners . |
10 | This is very astute criticism of Yeats : but more to the point is that Pound here confesses self-doubts such as he would have concealed from anyone he did not trust absolutely . |
11 | This is very much a generational problem . |
12 | This is very much the way in which the law approaches the extraction of the truth , and it is different both from the vivid imprecision of ordinary life and the intimacy of a police interrogation . |
13 | Although much of this is very funny , the laughter is decidedly uneasy , for death is almost always present . |
14 | This is very much the hybrid sound of Africa , and all the better for it . |
15 | This is very much what we are about in developing financial services for our cardmembers which meet their particular requirements and provide added value . ’ |
16 | This is very difficult , however . |
17 | This is very popular in the country because upon the whole trade unions are unpopular , and therefore , if you can attach the consequences of your own actions ( for which you desire to transfer the blame to other people ) to somebody who is unpopular already and attribute it to him , you are almost certain to be home and dry . |
18 | For example , the easiest way to find your parting is to comb your hair back , then push it forwards until it parts naturally — this is very useful if you 're caught without a mirror . ’ |
19 | This is very noticeable when the decreased amplitude of the daily rhythms of sex hormones is considered ( see p. 81 ) . |
20 | All this is very necessary preparation for the major exercises planned for later in the year when they will join with other battalions , Regular and TA , to practise their wartime role . |
21 | This is very important if your work involves many repetitive movements , or pushing , pulling , typing and gripping tools . |
22 | Before anybody complains that all this is very sexist and demeaning — I entirely agree . |
23 | I think people in Poland are losing their sense of humour and this is very dangerous . ’ |
24 | ‘ My husband said that if we got 50 per cent back it would be something but this is very good news , ’ said Mrs Lee . |
25 | This is very much a product of his legal background which , in a career spanning 40 years as a lawyer , has seen him spurn a more lucrative profession to concentrate on the injusticesthat accompany bureaucracies like the Civil Service . |
26 | This is very different from the Common Law procedure , which will never compel , or even allow ( at that time ) , one of the parties to an action to give evidence ; but it is a procedure , and the only procedure , which is suitable for trying such questions as uses and trusts , for which no open public acts , no formal documents may be available as evidence . |
27 | This is very strange behaviour for a supposedly left-wing party . |
28 | This is very clearly exposed in the debate surrounding the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic , which emerged in the middle years of the nineteenth century . |
29 | This is very important because once you start to perceive yourself in negative terms you will probably start to act in a negative way , being quarrelsome and finally looking to food for comfort . |
30 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |