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

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1 A Dogs are naturally social animals and it is very important that from birth every puppy learns how to fit in with its own family and other animals it lives with .
2 There is a kind of confidence , typified in the prayer to Christ the source of sweet honey-cells of devotion , which is at odds with the stark mood provoked by a revulsion from sin in the whole piece and which is very different from the whole thrust of the short version : The profound realisation of Jesus as a source of grace at the heart of this passage in the long version colours the meditator 's longing for it in the other expanded meditations that open out of this sequence of prayers .
3 Trade marks are especially important in a fast-moving industry and it is very comforting to buy goods with familiar names when so many products and businesses come and go in rapid succession , as happened with microcomputers in the early 1980s .
4 This is rather like putting the cart before the horse and it is very difficult later to take up the study of the horse when all previous emphasis has been placed upon the cart !
5 The current rate of increase in the number of books , periodicals and learned journals being published is exponential and it is very difficult for a student to keep abreast of developments in a particular field .
6 We have cocopeat in our flowerpots and it is very good , but there is one drawback Geoff did n't mention .
7 Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later .
8 Welsh Highland Commercial Director David Allan said : ‘ This is very good news for Caernarfon ; it is very good news for narrow-gauge enthusiasts and it is very good news for the Preservation movement as a whole . ’
9 A nuclear arms race is a good recipe for national bankruptcy but it is very profitable for those who design and manufacture the weapons .
10 It always will be their responsibility and there is very little we can do about that .
11 That is a trap which people get into with acts and it is very dangerous for both sides .
12 The approach in this case has been continued by the courts and it is very rare for a volenti plea to succeed in an employee — employer case .
13 ‘ We are now in a recession and it is very short-sighted of businessmen to start complaining .
14 He loves cooking and he is very good at it .
15 At the moment the economic climate is against artists and it is very difficult to sell anything ; as a result I 'm probably painting less .
16 ‘ There is a lot of denial and it is very difficult to talk about the abuse when it is happening to you , especially if you are a researcher as you do n't have much contact with the person on a regular basis , ’ Ogg says .
17 ‘ They will regard it as a very important match and it is very difficult fixture for us . ’
18 The line of the body is not impinged upon at all at this point and everything is very neat and tidy .
19 This is less than best but it 's better than nothing , that 's the point and it is very nearly what we have argued for from the very beginning .
20 We do recognise establishment factors , that is adhesions in this part of the process and it is very clear that the capsule is one of the factors which allows the organism to pe , persist because it helps the organism to resist phagocytosis .
21 Tony , Jill and their son , Martin , have lived at the Old Rectory for twenty years and it is very much their home — as your hosts they will bring early morning tea ( if requested ) , and arrange numerous activities .
22 The mine in the gill had been established about 5 years but it is very likely that it would have been an old working re-opened .
23 Erm the er most important item I think Chairman is the work programme for the future year which commences at erm about twelve and forms the second half of the report and I would be very happy to deal with any questions and it is very clearly in the light of things that we 've already said , the first part of er that latter half of the report er which er emphasises the erm principal activities er to the department er that of strategic policy in paragraphs thirteen one , thirteen two and thirteen three are therefore perhaps the areas to which I would er draw you attention er most , but the report as whole is er I hope a reasonably succinct summary of what has gone on or what is proposed to be done and er in order to avoid simply what is already in the report , I , I would leave it at that point and say I 'm happy to deal with any questions .
24 We discussed that point with President Yeltsin and it is very much on his mind .
25 Because I have also read other of Rosa Guy 's novels , I know that her style is continuous throughout her stories and it is very rarely that one of her books ends happily .
26 We need to be able to take deliveries at all times of the day and it is very difficult to dictate to carriers , especially when they come from the other end of the country , what time they can deliver .
27 The ongoing development is continued in the story right up to the present day and it is very interesting to see the numerous designs which have been tried , tested and put into operation .
28 Sometimes she wants me to work hard on the court and she is very serious and at home she is very nice to me .
29 ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCIES do not give long-term tenancy rights and there is very little control over the rent levels that can be charged by a landlord .
30 But it is generally more helpful to give meals for slimmers in single portions and it is very easy to multiply up the quantities , of course .
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