Example sentences of "not [adv] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , people tend to forget either in a motivated way , or accidentally , people will tend to minimise or trivialise the abuse to which they 've been subject in some cases because maybe saying that you 've been sexually abused as a child and that is why you 're so screwed up at the moment um that 's not necessarily a very self-benefiting thing to say . |
| 2 | Which is not perhaps a very good use of time . |
| 3 | She agreed to come and I took her first to the more brilliantly decorated one , not knowing that she was not only a very religious woman but also a girl who had been brought up in the strictest kind of convent — no heating , nothing for show . |
| 4 | Müller was not only a very good agent , but an old partner . |
| 5 | Dr Greenaway was therefore not only a very distinguished President but he and his wife Marion , who predeceased him in 1981 , were extremely popular with the deaf community . |
| 6 | Peter was not only a very able manager but a real friend and trusted colleague who will be most sadly missed by all who knew him and who all join together in sending Lynn , Neil and Joanne their deepest sympathy and support for the future . |
| 7 | An outline plan is not only a very useful means of focussing attention on all the important issues before implementation , it is also a very useful piece of evidence for assessment purposes . |
| 8 | I do n't think you 'll and I suppose I make no apologies for including it , because I think we are all very well aware of the terrible tragedy that is happening in in Yugoslavia It 's not not an Anthem that I would have recognised , erm , I was fortunate to go to Yugoslavia on , I think , two occasions , in happier times , and it saddens me tremendously , to see , on the television , to hear on the radio , to read in the newspapers , just what has happened to what was emerging as , not only a very beautiful , but a very successful country . |
| 9 | This is not merely a very bare conception of the world , but argument supports intuition in pronouncing it an incoherent one . |
| 10 | Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not usually a very popular job , but he does it with great tact and skill , and under his guidance I do believe that our deficit is under control , and that it will be reduced . |
| 11 | An alternative is reverse osmosis , but that also generally demineralises the water which is not always a very good idea — especially for Rifts . |
| 12 | The ‘ domestic bargain' ( a phrase coined by Martin and Roberts , 1984 ) is not always a very ‘ good buy ’ . |
| 13 | It 's not really a very clear definition is it ? |
| 14 | Well there were the jobs tha that I mentioned really , production manager or assistant director and now he would have been quite happy I know to have done those , because I remember talking about it you know er and he would have been very good at either of them , but erm er he he did n't get well he was a slightly abrasive man , he he he his erm I I think in a way erm he was a director who could who was not really a very good film director , he he could get things done very quickly and that 's why he worked for bash , bash , bash getting through everything quickly . |
| 15 | Let me just , le I 'm not really a , I 'm not really a very numerate political scientist but let me just run some numbers by you to give you an idea of the escalation of the change . |
| 16 | Not only has British school librarianship no very long tradition of multimedia interest ( Shrewsbury School in 1578 notwithstanding ) , there is not even a very secure tradition of school librarianship at all until the post- I 945 era , despite the admirable work of many grammar school teachers in the 19305 . |
| 17 | Erm I had a phone call just before I came out , area area party , so this 'll come It 's about actually in the ward which we narrowly missed getting last time just by erm not even a very strong The by election is on September twenty third and we want leafleters this weekend , so if anybody is able to go on leafleting , which is right between It 's er I 've got the phone number for Forgot the surname but she works with Bob , so if you ring up and say this Is that Linda who works with Bob . |
| 18 | He was n't even a very good Pope . ’ |
| 19 | It was n't even a very big target . |