Example sentences of "to be very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenner 's fantasy is being discussed in terms of the view — with which Kenner can be expected to be very familiar — that the goals of a biographically-minded criticism are in some measure fantastic . |
| 2 | In cases of harassment , the law seems to be very much on the side of the landlord . |
| 3 | This year I am also trying ‘ Chinese Yellow ’ , claimed to be very resistant to poor weather . |
| 4 | It is not unknown for quite experienced power pilots to be very sensitive to low ‘ g ’ . |
| 5 | Actually , you need to be very much better than your opponent to benefit from a superiority decision ; a slight difference will not do . |
| 6 | If you allow the opponent to come too close , then a step forward may not be necessary but you will have to be very quick with your responses ! |
| 7 | Southpaw stance forces the opponent to be very careful when making rear foot kicks |
| 8 | So all the players that I teach have to be very strong . |
| 9 | Not , I hope , that ny of my staff or students would batter any of my old ladies but my machines have to be very solid and reliable . |
| 10 | In particular , the process of consultation , and the provision within the Act to challenge service charges , were felt to be very difficult to enforce . |
| 11 | Both circuits attempt to tackle the problem of crossover distortion in a basically identical manner : they try to make the load impedance , RL , appear to be very much higher to the main amplifier than it really is . |
| 12 | His distrust of federalism has to be very great to make such absurd claims . |
| 13 | ‘ I know it 's going to be very hard for me , ’ said Senna . |
| 14 | ‘ We are therefore going to have to be very deliberate in the choice of priorities . |
| 15 | ‘ While some parts of the industry are likely to be very profitable , other parts will have concealed dangers , which could well carry with them the seeds of financial disaster . ’ |
| 16 | This would lead to a decline in the volume of less essential traffic in urban and rural areas and bring an overall reduction in all its adverse effects , including its contribution , through carbon dioxide , to global warming — certain to be very high on the political agenda in the next few years . |
| 17 | Derek Bluston , of the solicitors Malkin Janners , says : ‘ To get involved in litigation you either have to be very rich or very poor . |
| 18 | Father Peter McGuinness , the parish priest and a man of gentle understatement , says this is going to be very confusing for tourists who want to pay homage to Inniskeen 's most famous son . |
| 19 | According to Swiss Re , the banks and building societies continue to be very strong in the 15-24 age group . |
| 20 | Two had already died of starvation and young children were reported to be very weak from lack of food . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course , today 's JA Ashton is likely to be very different from that of our original concept when far fewer people had bank accounts , when the great majority of customers were male and when credit cards had barely hit the scene . ’ |
| 22 | We were told to be very careful about what we said and done when you were around , like . |
| 23 | Indeed , a popular view amongst community relations police in the area is that many more schools would welcome them but for intimidation , a factor which the community relations police have to be very sensitive towards if they are not to threaten the safety of children and teachers . |
| 24 | These patrols had to be very careful owing to the close proximity of the German positions and the difficult countryside of high hedges and tall earth banks with trees on top . |
| 25 | The civilians appeared to be very interested in the kilt that I am wearing and , of course , the pipes seem to fascinate them . |
| 26 | They were to be very ‘ diplomatic ’ with recalcitrant poor peasants , and on no account were they to take to court more than a small minority in any one area , even if a majority were guilty . |
| 27 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 28 | But this cautious , adroit , enigmatic leader seemed for long to be very much what the nation and the times required . |
| 29 | The other children found Michael to be very odd , and the girls ( two sisters now ) resented the oddness . |
| 30 | The sufferings of the young when first they go away from home and try to hold their own with cruel contemporaries are felt to be very great even when they are not . |