Example sentences of "be very [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old deeds can be very useful for such a purpose , and certainly any containing plans should in general be retained . |
| 2 | Alternative architectures including some parallelisation would appear to be very useful for this situation ( see figure 6.2 ) . |
| 3 | There will be some reservations erm but erm I 'm pretty certain the erm the English habit of taking a holiday erm will still , you know , be very useful for this time of year and for the whole of the season . |
| 4 | And this takes time , it takes time to change national habits , but I think it would be very serious for this country if erm in fact those people who want an advanced English language education in the Third World erm turned much more to the United States and , and , and Canada , which seems to be the erm trend , than they do at present . |
| 5 | Inconsistencies can be very confusing for young children and conflicting attitudes over toilet training and discipline can lead to frustration and unhappiness . |
| 6 | When we appeared to have finished , I suggested to Smith that it would be very unsatisfactory for two people holding no position in diplomacy to render an oral report . |
| 7 | It 's us that promoted and surely if we created the situation it might work in our favour but it I mean it ca n't be very pleasant for other people |
| 8 | But it will be very time-consuming for secretarial staff if there are a great many . |
| 9 | Gary would be very grateful for new route information and any historical detail that regular devotees of the area could supply . |
| 10 | Er so we 'll need some help on in the evening on on the bar when also er we want some cakes as well cos we usually serve cakes with the hotpot , so if anybody would like to make a cake I 'd be very grateful for that . |
| 11 | We would be very grateful for any news ( tel : 0254 822241 ) of the whereabouts or fate of the above . |
| 12 | I would be very grateful for any information on this fish , which I have seen in other shops as Shark Catfish . |
| 13 | I would obviously be very grateful for any sponsorship which my colleagues in the bank can offer . |
| 14 | Her mother identified it as a wayfaring tree and she 'd been cutting it back during the summer and it did n't seem to mind but she 'd be very grateful for any information about the wayfaring tree which presumably she 'd like to keep and continue to grow in her garden . |
| 15 | That will be my key message , and the other thing I 'd like to emphasise today , and I 'd be very grateful for some sort of early response to that . |
| 16 | There you are yes , Even the open door policy can be very stressful for some people . |
| 17 | Whether they be called Acknowledgements , Fore-words , Prefaces or Introductions , these preambles can be very instructive for both the reader who is ( still ) uncertain about the usefulness of a history book and also the reader who is already committed to reading sections of it . |
| 18 | It can be very helpful for external discussions , for example with bankers and with potential clients or joint venture partners . |
| 19 | ‘ In the meantime the system will be applied only to the EFA , but it will also be suitable for tanks and helicopters as well as other aircraft so it will be very good for future business . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He wo n't be very mobile for some time , ’ she said . |
| 21 | If you 're going to work with one or more colleagues who have some experience of drama , the experience can be very rewarding for both of you . |
| 22 | It would be very difficult for other members to hold a leader falling past them without a belay . |
| 23 | I say minimal both because it is rather modest , in contrast say to Jakobson 's , and because it seems to present a demand that it should be very difficult for modern literary studies to deny : that in describing the language of literary texts a degree of rigour is required such as has been notably absent from the work of a great many critics . |
| 24 | This , together with the disintegration of support for and the organisation of the Congress Party in North-central India indicate that it will be very difficult for any party to obtain parliamentary majorities in the near future . |
| 25 | Small print , dense layout , footnotes and detailed diagrams can be very demanding for some pupils with defective vision . |
| 26 | A shower that is thermostatically controlled is ideal , but the reliable and efficient ones can be expensive to buy and to install , and a mixer system working off one large hot and cold mixer with two tap controls can be very satisfactory for all but the very severely disabled . |
| 27 | The first few days in a residential home can be very frightening for many elderly people . |
| 28 | The advice could be very welcome for young people . |
| 29 | If the Goblin Fanatic manages to keep going then he quickly becomes disoriented , and will start to spin about the battlefield first one way and then another — which can be very disconcerting for all combatants ! |
| 30 | You would have to eat a very poor diet , lose a lot of weight , or be very ill for any serious deficiency to occur . |