Example sentences of "it is very [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very evidently a thorough piece of work ; the judgements seem well justified , and the whole exercise must surely have been a labour of love . |
| 2 | It is rare for any substantial report to be published within less than two years of the end of the data-collection phase , and it is very often a great deal longer than this . |
| 3 | ‘ But , apart from any other considerations , it is very often a statutory obligation , and we must get our reporting organised and controlled . |
| 4 | It is very much a case of caveat emptor . |
| 5 | Easy to play , fast-moving , athletic , it is very much a game for the modern world . |
| 6 | At one level it is very much a play about sexual attraction and frustration . |
| 7 | It is very much a matter of personal reaction and of personal taste . |
| 8 | It is very much a case of selecting your kite for the conditions . |
| 9 | In that sense it is very much a virgin field . |
| 10 | It is very much a cash-flow decision . ’ |
| 11 | It is very much a family event which in recent years has attracted more than 1,000 participants and at least as many spectators . |
| 12 | With pressed flowers , it is very much a case of quality rather than quantity . |
| 13 | Alan Pretty , a team leader in personnel services at Lincolnshire SSD , believes it is very much a management move and is not for social workers who want to continue in the caring role . |
| 14 | It is very much a live issue and is progressing well . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , it is very much a fun piece to play , although in spite of its outgoing nature , there is certainly a darker side . ’ |
| 16 | And because the French Basque country , unlike the Spanish , is thoroughly rural , it is very much a tourist region ; it would stop being so were terrorism to cross the frontier . |
| 17 | In truth , it is very much a love-hate relationship she has with the circuit . |
| 18 | It is very much a system 's search mechanism as opposed to a search strategy initiated or purposefully carried out by the user . |
| 19 | According to the New York Times it is very much a feature of the 1980s . |
| 20 | ‘ It is very much a maiden . ’ |
| 21 | It is very much a cathedral of one building operation and retains a Medieval impression despite the mechanical quality of its restoration . |
| 22 | If all goes to plan , this handbook will be the most comprehensive publication produced by the funeral industry ( in terms of content , distribution and public sector awareness ) and National Council members should be encouraged by the fact that , despite an NAFD launch , it is very much a BIE production . |
| 23 | ‘ IF the thing is any good you do n't get the credit because it is very much a director 's medium . |
| 24 | ‘ It is very much a company worth watching and will continue to surprise , ’ wrote author Clive Rassam . |
| 25 | ‘ It is very much a partnership . |
| 26 | Although the Nursery is only a small unit , it is very much a part of the whole School and can therefore give to those pupils in the upper Senior School , who intend to pursue a child-orientated career , the opportunity of contact with young children by assisting in the nursery on a regular timetabled basis , while the Nursery children can benefit from their contact with their older ‘ brothers and sisters ’ within the Heriot 's Community . |
| 27 | It is very much a ‘ real ’ novel ie Dickens writes about society at his time and reflects and comments on it . |
| 28 | Although the survey does make an appearance it is very much an adjunct to other methods of data collection . |