adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
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It's very tempting to leave your jacket and tie at home when the temperature starts to soar.
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The sweet trolley in particular is very tempting , with a choice of five or six home-made sweets.
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The swimming is safe and very tempting in the lake's crystal clear waters.
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All very tempting and very affordable.
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Eddy dangles a very tempting adulterous carrot in front of Richard and suggests a convivial evening of wife swapping.
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The barbels are long and are very tempting to other fish, which may pick at them, damaging the ends.
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It was very tempting to just stay put but the longer we put it off the worse it would be.
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It was very tempting , but it would be stupid to go across now, until I knew more about the tides.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Contained in the pages of the book are tempting recipes from around the world.
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I've recently received a very tempting job offer from IBM.
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Inside you'll find tempting recipes from around the world, all beautifully illustrated.
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It was very tempting - only £50 for a ticket to the fight - but I decided to save the money.
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The chocolate cake was tempting but I couldn't have any because of my diet.
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Their soups are also very tempting .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is tempting for any regime to claim that its very survival proves that it has consent and support.
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It is tempting to pick the reformers.
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It is tempting , but completely illegitimate, to slide from analysis of the production of official solutions to their implementation.
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It was tempting to think that Helen had turned him against his father, but John doubted this was the case.
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The sweet trolley in particular is very tempting , with a choice of five or six home-made sweets.