Example sentences of "very [adj] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , Ben Elton I have never really found very funny to be honest . |
| 2 | Television is excellent for this , and Chomsky for long has had that great domain in which to show how governments and the big businesses linked to most television powers are very , very careful to be sure that few views are presented which violate the currently useful consensus . |
| 3 | And I like erm erm knitting and crocheting and I like cycling and I like running and erm I like walking and erm I was very fortunate to be able to go to Nepal the other week . |
| 4 | I 've been very fortunate to be able to become part of your industry , to see part of your contribution to my patients for the great tomorrow . |
| 5 | It is very easy to be beastly if you are , say , Norman Tebbit or Dennis Healey — although the old bruiser does seem to be showing distinct signs of turning into a benign grandpa . |
| 6 | Fire Brigade Station Commander Bruce Hoad said : ‘ The children are very lucky to be alive . |
| 7 | I feel very lucky to be able to make a living doing what I want to do . |
| 8 | Although the Yerkes-Dodson law provides an additional prediction which can be tested , it suffers firstly from the problem that it is often impossible to define task difficulty a priori and secondly that even when this is done successfully it is very hard to be sure that task difficulty does not itself affect arousal . |
| 9 | First , such a change does not take place overnight among all artists ; and secondly it is very hard to be certain that a given statue from the Acropolis was actually set up before the invasion . |
| 10 | 'though he strives very hard to be strong , |
| 11 | It is common currency within executive search that consultants who are successful with one national or international executive search firm may find it very hard to be successful in others just because the expectations and culture , way of operating and behaviour may be vastly different . |
| 12 | People say I 'm very bad , but I 'll try very hard to be good . |
| 13 | We are going to have to work very hard to be ready in time . ’ |
| 14 | In order to make the most of the exercise , some teachers thought that it would be very valuable to be able to read other departmental self-appraisals and for there to be general discussion of the appraisal . |
| 15 | Oliver was very glad to be free of Mrs Mann 's violence , but he said nothing because she was angrily shaking her finger at him . |
| 16 | Now , it always takes a crisis to bring people here talking to you today , and I 'm very glad to be able to do so our people , and more so the craftsmen within that particular indu our people , and more so the craftsmen within that particular ind at their request . |
| 17 | Sir Denys had little doubt that the coming months seem set to be as difficult as 1991 was for most countries , ‘ It would not be prudent at this stage to attempt to predict when recovery might begin ’ , he said , ‘ But when it comes , it is very likely to be gradual ’ . |
| 18 | In addition , it necessitates the involvements of capital receipts and private finance — neither very likely to be accessible to church and church-related community groups . |
| 19 | It was recognised that the exclusive pursuit of higher things was very likely to be unremunerative except in certain of the more saleable arts , and even then prosperity would come only in mature years : the poor student or young artist , as private tutor or guest at the Sunday dinner-table , was a recognised subaltern part of the bourgeois family , at any rate in those parts of the world in which culture was highly respected . |
| 20 | The clinical use is different : here one uses syndromes to help one be aware that , for example , if you notice symptom x in a patient , you ought to test for the presence of symptoms y and z , since they are very likely to be present . |
| 21 | In particular , some topics are picked out which are very likely to be difficult for the top third of the " lowest 40 per cent " . |
| 22 | However , neither the fact that lone mothers have a very high risk of poverty nor the fact that they are very likely to be dependent on state income support are particularly new . |
| 23 | ‘ They are n't very likely to be able to help her , are they ? |
| 24 | The cost of photocopying can mount up if you have to go to a local shop and pay several pence a sheet , whereas there are very likely to be local supporters who have photocopiers and are willing to run off a hundred copies at no charge . |
| 25 | Although this assumption is very likely to be wrong it is still a usable forecast in the sense that it may be no more wrong than forecasts of change that get it wrong . |
| 26 | Absorption from such sites is very likely to be erratic , leading to poorly controlled diabetes and possibly unexplained hypoglycaemia . |
| 27 | It is all very well to be phlegmatic and hope that all will come right in the end but surely it would be better to stimulate discussion with a view to obtaining fresh ideas on how to deal with new circumstances which have never before confronted the capitalist world ? |
| 28 | ‘ It could be very useful to be able to negotiate a discount for cash if you are buying luxury items like a fur coat or an expensive piece of jewellery , ’ was the reaction from Patrick Hastings , a City employee who clearly has his mind on women . |
| 29 | Whilst BBCBASIC(Z80) has a large number of predefined functions ( INT and LEN for example ) it is very useful to be able to define your own to do something special . |
| 30 | ‘ Tell your Granny that Signora Maria Filippa will be very honoured to be able to cook us her beautiful and renowned hunters ’ chicken dish tomorrow . |