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He was one of the most gentle and unflappable politicians I have ever known, yet he was immensely courageous, too, not least when he spoke for the country against the invasion of Iraq".
"I have been immensely proud to be leader of the SDLP and will continue as leader in order to assist the party in a smooth transition to the new leadership," she said.
Sewing leather is immensely satisfying; it feels like an exercise from a bygone era, as if I'm sewing gauntlets in the 16th century.
Initial performances – even Stravinsky's own – of this immensely complex score were often on the edge of collapse, but the piece is now part of the international orchestral repertoire and the greatest risk it faces today, paradoxically, is routine renditions which make a work which should shock seem safe and easy.
I found art school immensely stimulating in contrast to Rada, which at that time – and I stress this is absolutely no longer the case – was dead.
On Thursday night there was a perfectly sane-sounding former trade minister on Channel 4 news explaining what amazing soft power the Duke wields, and how immensely valuable his activities are to that eternally vague-sounding entity UK plc.
(The Commons foreign affairs committee merely noted in a recent report that while defence cooperation and arms sales with Bahrain had "proved controversial" since the violent events of 2011, it was "persuaded that Bahrain provides an immensely valuable home in the Gulf for UK naval assets which would be difficult to find elsewhere").
We were immensely fortunate to have an Irish leadership – in the form of Bertie Ahern and his key ministers – that was prepared to lay aside the grievances and attitudes of the past.
Based on Katharine Hamnett's immensely popular protest T-shirts, which had burst on to the scene a couple of years previously, it seemed to be saying, "We live to fight another day".
Having said that, everyone we spoke to was immensely proud of La Haine, that it had been filmed there and that they could claim some link with French history.
Describing himself as "immensely saddened" by the situation, Rushdie told Prose he used the phrase knowingly, because Prose, Carey, Ondaatje, Cole, Kushner and Selasi had chosen to "make a political ACT", by pulling out of the gala.
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Immensely functions primarily as an adverb , modifying verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to intensify their meaning. This is consistent with Ludwig's analysis, which identifies it as indicating a very great extent or degree. It serves to amplify the quality or action being described.
Expression frequency: Very common
