Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Nothing makes a man so virtuous as belief of the truth.

Modifies a noun

• circle: Such places benefit from a virtuous circle, or upward spiral, whereby talent attracts talent.

• spiral: We need to create a virtuous spiral where better merchandising creates a better basis for forward planning.

• pagan: These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven.

• sentiment: We recognize the faith of Christianity as that which is derived from the force of reason, and the energy of virtuous sentiment.

• deed: At the same time, the only way Wilby can break the spell is to perform some virtuous deed.

• cycle: We feel we have worked hard at a virtuous cycle.

Modifying Another Word

• morally: They do not even give hope that we can become morally virtuous.

• truly: Yet the truly virtuous person performs a morally right action for its own sake.

• so: Nothing makes a man so virtuous as belief of the truth.

• very: Patience is a virtue... I don't seem to be very virtuous at times.

• not: Lucinda and her friends are not virtuous because of their piety.

• naturally: G 137 The identification of virtue and rationality can really only work for those who are naturally virtuous.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I love creating space - throwing rubbish away makes me feel very virtuous!

• become: They do not even give hope that we can become morally virtuous.

• appear: This means no more than that most people like to appear virtuous.

• consider: Their advice can be genuinely valuable ( and is often surprisingly positive, ) and having them involved is considered virtuous by the QAA.

• make: Thyself art cleansed and made virtuous by no work so much.