Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [pron] is very " in BNC.

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1 Vision that is 5 per cent as good as yours or mine is very much worth having in comparison with no vision at all .
2 Ranking means nothing and it is very sad to see Andre having such poor results in tournaments and rather puzzling in view of his amazing results in Davis Cup ; one wonders if he gives too much to that at his own expense !
3 The elephant analogy arose because most of us all of us recognize an elephant when we see one but it is very difficult to describe it
4 ‘ He was very close to her and he is very , very upset as you would expect , ’ a family spokesman said .
5 The reason for this , I later discovered , is that at yours there is likely to be a selection of friends and relations , one of whom in the course of discussion is bound to say , ‘ Come on , let's give him the best ! ’ and although he or she is very seldom the one who is paying for it , no one likes to appear mean at such a time — an attitude , I might add , of which the undertaker thoroughly approves !
6 In as far as there is an average Japanese , he or she is very much a town dweller .
7 I find this poem not as effective as ‘ Futility ’ in getting its message across as there does not seem to be much emotion in it and it is very difficult to understand and that takes away much of the effect .
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