Example sentences of "not very [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're not very practical for this weather , are they ? ’ |
| 2 | Grouse " potted whole , stowed singly into pots with clarified butter poured over " as described by Professor Saintsbury ( the old boy did n't miss much ) are infinitely enticing , exceedingly extravagant with butter and not very practical for these days , but you can make one young cooked grouse or partridge go a very long way by the simple method of chopping the flesh , freed from all skin and sinew with about one quarter of its weight in mild , rather fat , cooked ham . |
| 3 | Presentation of the data as a frequency distribution , however , is not very useful for this inequality issue , and other measures have proved more popular . |
| 4 | At first , the committee was not -very successful as it had no staff , and a body of twenty-four to twenty-eight members is not very effective for cross-examining witnesses . |
| 5 | Stacks are not very suitable for small quantities , as too great an area is exposed to the air and a relatively high proportion of the crop wasted . |
| 6 | It was not very difficult for old party hacks from East Germany , like Gysi ( the leader of the reformed Communist party , the Party for Democratic Socialism ) or Modrow ( the former Prime Minister of East Germany , also Communist ) to adapt to these practices … |
| 7 | In Mexico , especially in rural areas , it operates as an important principle of social organisation while , in Chile , it has lost a lot of its formal and obligatory nature and is not very meaningful for many people . |
| 8 | Not very sensible for this job . |