Example sentences of "it [verb] at the very [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authorities were anxious to redevelop the area as soon as possible , as it lies at the very heart of the town 's commercial district . |
| 2 | There is an argument that treason is a more serious offence , since it strikes at the very foundations of the State and its social organizations , but treason is so rare that it is surely permissible to treat homicide as the most serious form of crime . |
| 3 | Will the Secretary of State answer that question truthfully because it strikes at the very heart of democracy ? |
| 4 | It strikes at the very fundamentals of a free press , by placing a cost barrier on access to information . |
| 5 | The war changed national life and individual ways of living , and so in a general sense it struck at the very roots of conservatism . |
| 6 | It begins at the very beginning . |
| 7 | But worse is that it comes at the very moment Davies and Jeff Young , the WRU technical director , and forward-looking others have put into place a representative structure designed to facilitate the flow of full international candidates . |