Example sentences of "it is very [adj] and " in BNC.

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1 However , if it is used in a freer , less pure form , it is very adaptable and merges well with chromatic idioms .
2 Between it and Delta is another open cluster , M103 , but it is very poor and sparse , and it is hard to understand why Messier listed it and omitted NGC 663 .
3 When a kick is employed by an attacker , the force behind it is very powerful and a head-on clash may well break the defender 's arm .
4 So , for accountants and those that can receive plenty of training and can get to grips with the program , it is very powerful and as complete a set of tools as you 'll see .
5 It is very clever and shows journeys and interchanges you would not otherwise have thought of . ’
6 It is very laborious and time-consuming , involving the researcher full-time for at least a matter of months , and sometimes years .
7 The following three hours passed with surprising speed , but I had already learnt a valuable lesson : it is very tiring and hard being in general surgery ; every patient expects that the doctor knows all about them the moment they walk in the door , and we had to be empathetic , not sympathetic .
8 It is very expensive and dreadful trains are n't they ?
9 It is very continental and it gives a great feel to the place .
10 It is very worrying and we have called in the police , ’ he said .
11 Although the number of lessons needed may make it quite an expensive form of treatment , nonetheless it is very effective and many long-standing ills may be cured by its use .
12 It is very effective and almost shocking when you realise that what he is saying makes complete sense and the uselessness of war is so true as it really achieves very little good if any at all .
13 We all have to make Randolph feel welcome and we have to work extra hard tonight as it is very dark and windy , ’ he said .
14 It is very heated and more than anything else I have done would take me a million miles from the safety of Ramsay Street , ’ she said .
15 Danish Blue is one of the best known of the blue cheeses , but it is very sharp and unrefined .
16 Many people find BS 5750 a mysterious concept but in fact it is very simple and logical .
17 It is very easy and only too human to retain a favourite technique and not to look too hard at other paddlers with different styles .
18 The other side of the coin is that it is very satisfying and rewarding because it stretches me in every possible way .
19 It is very shrill and piercing in its top register , which thus requires the support of a large orchestral mass .
20 It is very informative and I agree with all of the points raised .
21 He points out that although the overall significance of the trend may be exaggerated , ‘ it is very striking and telling in character ’ .
22 It is very fragile and dies quickly outside the body .
23 It is very hardy and able to make good use of poor forage so that it is an economical breed to keep .
24 Size : Growing to about 8″ : in length , this Chaetodon should be kept in a large aquarium , although it is very hardy and , under ideal conditions , specimens have been known to live for several years .
25 It is very warm and rather bulkier than the old one , though the nice girl in John Lewis told me they get thin and tired after about nine years — and mine has done twelve , so it is going to go to for our use there .
26 Bitter chocolate may be added to meat sauces for extra flavour — it sounds odd but it is very good and originates from a traditional Mexican dish of turkey cooked with very hot peppers , the chocolate being added to slightly sweeten and round the sauce .
27 Our family and friends think it is very good and a lot better than the Aussie soaps .
28 It is very hot and unstable , and is of the Wolf-Rayet type ( spectrum W ) .
29 It is very technical and demanding .
30 Give any large areas a squirt of zinc chromate primer but beware — it is very toxic and carcinogenic .
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