Example sentences of "very [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The word believe is commonly used very weakly today . |
| 2 | It is a central tenet of the ethogenic approach that what seems to be one and only one institution may be embedded in more than one theory , and what may seem to be common and even co-ordinated practices may differ very widely indeed . |
| 3 | There has been a tendency on the part of the Commission to interpret Article 85(1) very widely so that all restrictions fall within it and require exemption . |
| 4 | Hellebores are available in an enormous variety of shades and markings , all of which press very successfully indeed , but none more so than the plum-coloured Helleborus atrorubens . |
| 5 | Over the past eighteen months Cadbury and Save The Children have worked very successfully together , staging three strollathons sponsoring nationwide pantomimes and running a promotion on chocolate bars . |
| 6 | As control of pests and diseases consists basically of subjecting them to conditions or substances that are harmful to them , we have to recognize that , as they have all evolved defences of one kind or another — and very successfully too , which is why they are still on this Earth and contending with us for our roses — somewhere in their life cycles are periods and stages when they are more exposed and vulnerable . |
| 7 | Yes , I mean there is some evidence to suggest that senior staff we found are very rarely completely away from the office . |
| 8 | One of the least known owls in the world , very rarely reliably observed in the field ; upperparts buff with greyer wings and distinct golden collar ; Tawny Owl can be so pale that unfeathered toes of Hume 's are only really good distinction ; perhaps black-tipped crown feathers would show a darker crown in the field . |
| 9 | No , I go out very rarely now . |
| 10 | There are also hints of the four-generation families which longer life has now made so much more common , when — though still very rarely indeed — a great-grandparent is recalled . |
| 11 | While these miscellaneous cases feature very rarely indeed , they can vary widely in the amount of impact they make . |
| 12 | She wished her father was home but he was very rarely around much these days , and when he was her mother fought with him . |
| 13 | It is very rarely still because of the strong tidal currents . |
| 14 | Very slowly over four years . |
| 15 | Once detached , they can be seen moving very slowly away . |
| 16 | Even after it was finally over , faint echoes of it still quivering through her body , only fading very slowly away , she could n't move . |
| 17 | sort of actually stops , and then it 's going very slowly again for a bit , and then what happens here ? |
| 18 | The boy retreated very slowly backwards . |
| 19 | When there is a fair breeze blowing , walk very slowly backwards and take the model with you . |
| 20 | One of them opened the truck door , doing it very slowly even for a human . |
| 21 | She crossed her slender legs very slowly so that the panel of her dress fell away to reveal long , shapely limbs plus a glimpse of white satin briefs . |
| 22 | Sam 's porridge bowl was fuller than usual — Ma Bombie 's hand being even more unsteady than normal — so he was walking very slowly so as not to spill any . |
| 23 | The only way around these attempted take-offs was to walk very slowly so that we did n't build up too much ground speed , as airline pilots would say , and stop if Dawn 's wings did open . |
| 24 | They lay at angles to each other , drifting very slowly so that the gold-splintered pattern of the lake changed continuously . |
| 25 | Once again the control cleavage pattern reappears very slowly so that at several sites the reaction is not complete even after 30 minutes . |
| 26 | Now , that budget is a direct result of the Government squeeze on erm all Local Authorities in this country , but it 's those sorts of factors which are certainly putting breaks on an authority like this which , very slowly maybe , and perhaps not nearly as up front as it should be , is trying to develop equal opportunities policies . |
| 27 | Once inside he removed his shoes and trousers very slowly then drew back her mosquito net and smiled lopsidedly at her before lowering himself unsteadily onto her cot . |
| 28 | In Cantal the livestock density per hectare of permanent grassland appears to be increasing only very slowly now and certainly more slowly than between 1955 and 1970 . |
| 29 | The powers of E therefore converge very slowly indeed . |
| 30 | I have nothing but admiration for those hardy woodturners who have put the clock back a few hundred years and are making furniture with their pole lathes , but it has made me more than ever aware that the wood lathe has changed very little over the years . |