Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] the very [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Providing an answer , in contrast , is not simple and the search for it goes to the very heart of the Verkehrsberuhigung concept . |
| 2 | It goes against the very nature of man today . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This is the first time I 've had someone round to tea in years , and it happens on the very day I become homeless . |
| 5 | The longer one is so possessed , the more difficult it is to exorcise the sasoo spirit , since , ‘ like a real spouse ’ , it merges with the very flesh and bone of the victim . |
| 6 | It relates to the very distinction between standard and other effects , and depends on what that distinction grants , that we sometimes speak of decisions and the like as effects without supposing that they issue from causal circumstances , which by definition are necessitating circumstances . |
| 7 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Will the Secretary of State answer that question truthfully because it strikes at the very heart of democracy ? |
| 10 | It strikes at the very fundamentals of a free press , by placing a cost barrier on access to information . |
| 11 | The war changed national life and individual ways of living , and so in a general sense it struck at the very roots of conservatism . |
| 12 | Paradoxically , it dates from the very period in which Tristan was conceived ; in fact the Tristan drama itself was planned and its words written under Schopenhauerian influence — but influence of an ethical , rather than an aesthetic , kind . |
| 13 | It begins at the very beginning . |
| 14 | 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 . |