Example sentences of "but it [is] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Bellow , this participant in Roth 's inner life , can also be said to be out there in the world as his friend , and perhaps his rival , is a fact which does not help one to decide whether or not to trust the reports of literary duality — what comes in has to have been out — but it is very much in the tradition . |
| 2 | But it is very clear that it is present , though at times its influence waxed and waned . |
| 3 | Clare Shearer , looking rather too much like the Principal Boy of the pantomime , gave an attractive performance as Cherubino — not quite as breathless and impetuous as I would have liked from this juvenile Don Giovanni — but it is very difficult to get used to hearing the immortal Non so piu cosa son sung in translation . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I only have a few thousand invested , but it is very worrying when you can not get your money back , and there is no way of knowing how long it might be or how much I will get back . ’ |
| 5 | But it is very well supported for games , since it is a standard in both the US and in Europe , whereas the Amstrad and Sinclair Z-80-based machines failed in the US . |
| 6 | But it is very doubtful whether Assad could accept it : it would mean ditching Tayif and recognising the general . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Danish Blue is one of the best known of the blue cheeses , but it is very sharp and unrefined . |
| 9 | But it is very difficult to blow slurry straight down a tube , so a small tanker or nurse tank is placed between the two . ’ |
| 10 | A nuclear arms race is a good recipe for national bankruptcy but it is very profitable for those who design and manufacture the weapons . |
| 11 | It is inevitably a part of the normal grieving process that people search for the dead person in a multitude of ways , but it is very necessary for friends of the bereaved to help them choose carefully . |
| 12 | But it is very important ; it changes the whole picture . |
| 13 | But it is very unlikely that enough super-delegates , more than a quarter of whom have already endorsed Clinton , would gang up to deny him the title . |
| 14 | But it is very lately that the truly magnificent taste in gardening has flourished in these northern parts of Europe , for although in King Charles the Second 's reign there was great spirit amongst the nobility and gentry of England for planting and gardening , which spirit was greatly heighten 'd in King William 's reign , during which time most of the large gardens of England were laid out and planted , yet we find the taste at that time extended little farther than to small pieces of box-wood , finish 'd parterres and clipp 'd greens , all of which are now generally banished out of the gardens of the most polite persons of this age , who justly prefer the more extended rural designs of gardens which approach the nearest to nature . |
| 15 | The restrictions on purchasing ethanol without prescription have been removed ( although not all pharmacists will realise this ) but it is very expensive because of the Customs and Excise duty despite its medicinal purpose . |
| 16 | I do not know how old this belief is , but it is very ancient . |
| 17 | Much dissatisfaction was expressed to the House of Lords Select Committee about the open-ended nature of the HLCA system in the UK but it is very clearly available to MAFF to fix limits on payments and to more properly define levels of payment linked to the severity of natural handicap . |
| 18 | Hearing is one of the senses essential for communication , but it is very often the use of the spoken word which presents difficulty in understanding communication . |
| 19 | The British Museum 's engraving of Derwentwater published by him in Manchester might have been done at the time of Yates ' map-making after West 's encouragement , but it is very poor . |
| 20 | But it is very important to get medical help in the early stages . |
| 21 | Some are excellent but it is very important to check thoroughly and to be completely satisfied about patient care and the right kind of atmosphere before making definite arrangements . |
| 22 | Not a lot of variation — but it is very easy listening . |
| 23 | Like many churches it is in need of restoration , but it is very pretty and well worth a visit . |
| 24 | But it is very much more important for the novelist to see the trees rather than the wood . |
| 25 | This is not a Somalia situation , but it is very alarming . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ After all this time , it would be possible to think that the verdict is unimportant , but it is very important , ’ said Labour MP for Great Grimsby Austin Mitchell . |
| 27 | It is possible for us to do it — we carried out one test in France — but it is very expensive . ’ |
| 28 | You may realize that you suffer from this problem , but it is very difficult to break the pattern . |
| 29 | I like a picture to be fairly full as if it is too empty it can become boring to look at after a few months , but it is very easy to get carried away with all your lovely pressed flowers and try to fit them all into one picture — using too many flowers looks just as bad as not using enough . |
| 30 | There is some evidence that this is indeed the case , but it is very scant . |