Example sentences of "for a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , the employer will have places for a very small number of newcomers to the profession who are not yet union members . |
| 2 | The 'phone rang for a very long time and when Mrs Pettifer eventually answered she sounded quite put out . |
| 3 | What with the doctor going straight out and the deceased going down to the kitchen to thank both staff for a very good meal there was n't time — even if she took it herself , which is unlikely from all I hear . ’ |
| 4 | Launch failures account for a very high proportion of gliding accidents , making cable break practice a very important aspect of glider training . |
| 5 | Is it necessary to use half a page to illustrate a light walking boot or a full page for a very small drawing of a three-print sit-bag ? |
| 6 | For a very good reason . |
| 7 | ‘ As far as the grassroots are concerned we have got one , and I hope we have her for a very long time . ’ |
| 8 | She was quite attractive except for a very nasty skin condition , her face and arms were covered with a large number of pustules and it was obvious that she had been scratching them ; the scratch-marks were bleeding slightly . |
| 9 | The war was now a long distance away ; everything was quiet , except for a very faint rumble of artillery in the distance , in the direction of the River Seine . |
| 10 | They were called ‘ picture palaces ’ for a very good reason . |
| 11 | He built it for a very simple reason . |
| 12 | It has been a shareholder for a very long time in some private companies and I think we 've become known to be a supportive shareholder . |
| 13 | On the other hand all modern anthropologists and archaeologists would agree with the view that for a very long period of history mankind has existed solely by hunting , fishing , and gathering , and that such a technological stage always precedes domestication of plants and animals . |
| 14 | For example , the Eskimos , who as hunters and fishermen are right at the bottom of Marx 's and Engels 's technological scale , have a kinship terminology which does not classify relatives any more than the English system does — a sign for Morgan of the presence of monogamy — while the Malays , who have possessed for a very long time highly advanced agricultural techniques , use a kinship terminology which Morgan and Engels associated with the earliest stages of evolution . |
| 15 | The solicitor said of the award : ‘ It 's a reasonable figure which will give him satisfactory compensation for a very serious road accident . ’ |
| 16 | The cordon was eventually lifted at 1900 hours and the section flown home , only to prepare for a very full day 's patrolling on the following day . |
| 17 | It was something he had not felt for a very long time . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm late , I 'm late , for a very important date … ’ |
| 19 | It is important to have been about for a very long time . |
| 20 | ‘ Often , operatives who are self-taught or who have minimal instruction will use the equipment for a very limited range of tasks , never realising its full potential . |
| 21 | Owen O'Neil agrees : ‘ There 's no major comedy circuit in Northern Ireland in the way there is in London , but people have survived for a very long time on the strength of their own sense of humour . ’ |
| 22 | We 're in for a very difficult time and we must be prepared for it . |
| 23 | Mozzarella cheese adds flavour and an unusual texture to any salad — combine it with smoked quails ' eggs for a very special starter . |
| 24 | Combine the two for a very special dressing . |
| 25 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 26 | But it was a death in line with the pioneering Lord he followed ; a fitting martyr 's death for a very courageous man who found that God could be trusted with his weakness and fear . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've worked together for a very long time . ’ |
| 28 | The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed . |
| 29 | Having in mind the proposals of the Government for a very considerable increase in the armaments of the country , and also the piling up of armaments in other European countries with a consequent danger of war , the Council in March passed a resolution calling the TUC to discuss measures which might be taken to oppose such an armament programme and to prepare plans for action to prevent the outbreak of war . |
| 30 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |