Example sentences of "be [prep] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ MOST OF your articles seem to be about very physical hobbies , would you be interested in hearing about one that is n't ? ’ asked Rosemary Gardner who works in Harwell 's Market Intelligence Service , part of Business Strategy Unit . |
| 2 | The provision of homes for old people by local authorities is still for only about twenty places per thousand old people in an area , and many of these will be for very old and frail disabled people . |
| 3 | So construed , section 9(4) would have some effect , because it would prevent a court from ordering a Crown officer or servant to give evidence of the executive branch 's current attitudes or policies , but it would be of very limited scope . |
| 4 | Our data support the results of other studies which have found the erythrocyte sedimentation rate to be of very limited value . |
| 5 | Patinkin 's point is that the comparison of positions of static equilibrium , one equilibrium being characterized by a considerably lower price level than the other , may be of very limited practical relevance . |
| 6 | I have always found the Rottweilers in Norway to be of very stable disposition , and this is probably because the Rottweilers live as family pets , with a stable home life . |
| 7 | When the cream is ready , spoon it into glasses , which should be of very small capacity ( 2 to 2 ½ oz. ) but filled to overflowing . |
| 8 | These shrubs were cut of fat ground level so that stools developed from which new shoots emerged — the stools can therefore be of very great age , having been through many cycles of cutting . |
| 9 | Particularly in countries where the diet is poor it might be of very considerable significance if the mother can make better milk at some times of the day . |
| 10 | Occasionally , however a border is absent , as at Silchester , in a room of building XIX ; in room 8 , Colliton Park , Dorchester ; and in a house " north of the Newport Road " , Caerwent.Alternatively , it can be of very large blocks , such as are found around a mosaic at Whittington Court , Glos . |
| 11 | Well that 's interesting because yes we have we have discussed that and I do n't know whether the er the clerk wants to comment further but I think that is absolutely right and and if that could be taken further it would be of very positive benefit to you know the car parking problem for those people who want to shop on King Street and have difficulties in find a car parking space . |
| 12 | On the other hand , Linnaeus , who had visited Chelsea a few months earlier , came in for severe criticism : ‘ … he has demolished not only Species but Genus without the least reason for so doing but that of having his method establish 'd and made universal , which I venture to affirm will be of very short duration ’ . |
| 13 | Such research can usually identify particular features such as barns , dovecotes or manor houses and show the distribution of estates in outline ; but it will only be with very full documentation , or dogged persistence , that smaller pieces of land belonging to such estates can be distinguished . |
| 14 | ‘ And that would be in very poor taste . |
| 15 | Also , the pilot will be in very good flying form and his instructor will have made sure that he has not been getting into bad habits . |
| 16 | " He would be in very good company , " Michael Lee said with a sly smile , " all the best people are . " |
| 17 | Most finds that were simply lost ( small and easily mislaid , such as coins and brooches ) or objects that fell into places from which they could not be retrieved , such as wells , are often complete and may be in very good condition , depending on the materials from which they are made and the conditions in which they have been buried . |
| 18 | I do n't think I 'd be in very good you know , in your good books if I did that ? |
| 19 | If conditions did n't improve soon she 'd be in very real danger of getting stuck in the snow — as it was she could n't have said with any real certainty whether she was driving on the road or in a field . |
| 20 | Britain 's clinical research is widely acknowledged to be in very bad shape . |
| 21 | 3 March , p 605 ) to be in very bad taste . |
| 22 | I had the impression that if he did n't come through on this one soon his position was going to be in very grave danger . |
| 23 | Although most speakers in British society are also literate , and therefore have the advantage of knowing where /r/ occurs in writing , it is not clear that this is really a big help in flowing conversation , though it might be in very slow speech styles . |
| 24 | We 'd be on very dangerous ground … to use words like ‘ alien ’ or even draw to children 's attention that our society is a racial mix . |
| 25 | Suddenly too , as a kind of tension caught at her , she knew that while , because of her love for Ven , she could be on very shaky ground here , she must be brave , and stay no matter what , and hear him out . |
| 26 | Yet a population with a high dietary intake of fat , protein , and meat can also be at very low risk of colorectal cancer . |
| 27 | Schools seemed to be at very different stages of development and sophistication here , with some proposals incorporating details of taxonomies of the skills to be developed , while others made general statements of intent about ill-defined programmes of study or library skills . |