Example sentences of "have be very [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 At any rate from 1571 it might well have been very disadvantageous for anyone in the district to openly profess allegiance to the Popish ways and Roman Catholic miners well might have been driven underground — and that is not fully intended as a pun .
2 It could n't have been very nice for her , thought Karelius , seeing her sister substituted by a woman who had obtained cheap success by such a blatant display of sexuality .
3 I 'm only glad that we 'd made up , otherwise it could have been very awkward for me if Fran had refused to back up my story ! ’
4 That 4th place must still have been very satisfying for Robin Williams who has now completed his transition from international slalom C2 paddler to international marathon K2 .
5 It must have been very galling for Major , when he established membership of the A-Team to write the election manifesto , that he had to choose for it those very men who are most likely to profit from his failure .
6 It would have been very easy for me to stay there for the rest of my life .
7 That must have been very irritating for you . ’
8 It ca n't have been very pleasant for the sand-martin , but for me it was a magical moment ; to possess , momentarily , such a beautiful , wild creature .
9 The prestige of Oswiu 's family , or else its capacity for intimidation , must have been very considerable for Aldfrith to return and rule in what seems to have been domestic peace .
10 Its influence must have been very considerable for the boy to have been so successfully supported for the kingship against an adult rival .
11 Remembering the circumstances of my birth , life could have been very different for me , could n't it ?
12 ‘ A few months ago Emma was undergoing chemotherapy and was unable to walk , so a train journey would have been very difficult for her .
13 Becoming a farmer 's wife must have been very difficult for Grandma .
14 But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber .
15 It would have been very painful for Muldoon to have to pass on the bad news , so he decided to leave for the States and let the Detroit executive personnel Director handle Mark 's affairs .
16 It would have been very unusual for him to have known a fact like that about his son 's life and movements .
17 It would have been very hard for him to have suddenly dropped her after all she had endured .
18 Life must have been very hard for many of these poor women . ’
19 Having a slaughterhouse for his pigs next-door may have been very convenient for Charles , but it was a luxury he was soon to lose : The Frome Turnpike Trustees had decided to drag Frome into the modern world by demolishing Rossiter 's buildings as part of a scheme to widen the road and ease the notorious bottleneck north of the bridge .
20 It ca n't have been very convenient for you that time he rang up in the middle of the night drunk after someone else 's party . ’
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