Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [art] very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did longer than most and it had the advantage that , given there was much greater stability of employment then , I got to know a very large number of people . |
| 2 | If you want to see a very Greek place that is neither the urban mess of contemporary Athens nor the deracinated tourist prettiness of some of the islands , go to Aegina . |
| 3 | First , though , one has to obtain a very thin section of the rock , thin enough to be translucent . |
| 4 | It is not always easy to use their own in-house people if the chairman or chief executive wants to find a very senior director : then they nearly always go to outside professional advisers for confidentiality , for objectivity and often because the senior headhunters in the major firms are the best , of the highest quality and are paid accordingly . |
| 5 | Parallel to this education and close round the school , the life of the community goes on — the child plays and is expected to play a very full part in it ; fetching water and firewood , minding little brothers and sisters , running errands , buying and often selling in the market , performing religious duties at Koranic schools , catechist classes or in traditional preparation for circumcision and other initiation ceremonies , alongside all the watching , the imitation , the play , the chit-chat and the ‘ mucking about ’ which is part of growing up everywhere . |
| 6 | If a wound string is designed to incorporate a very heavy core — which is easier to produce , since it 's less likely to break during winding and a thin wrap goes onto the core much easier — then it 's less likely to sound good , because it 's too stiff . |
| 7 | The bridge humbucker has been designed to give a very hot response indeed , and I found that even the centre single coil kicked the amp quite nicely . |
| 8 | Havel visited Moscow on Feb. 26-27 , holding talks with President Gorbachev on bilateral relations and developments in Europe , including the unification of the two German states ( on which the two leaders were reported to hold a very close position ) . |
| 9 | Halkieriids appear to represent a very early stage of mollusc evolution . |
| 10 | Macbeth and Lady Macbeth appear to have a very intense relationship |
| 11 | To avoid such troubles , the water supply has to be freed from solid particles and needs to have a very low content of iron , manganese , aluminium , calcium , and magnesium . |
| 12 | Bank manager Hoey added : ‘ Neil needs to have a very good run at Portrush , and maybe even win something . |
| 13 | Transistor TR2 needs to have a very high h f e , which is why a BC109C is specified . |
| 14 | There are some exceptional occasions , when management want to convey a very precise message to a large number of employees , where reading the presentation may be justified . |
| 15 | Until the last few years , the thought that one might have microscopic techniques sensitive enough to actually see tiny changes in the structure of neurons and their synapses as a result of learning seemed improbable — to start with , one would need to have a very good idea where to look and what to measure in the brain . |
| 16 | To cope with this , the father has to take a very active part in housekeeping and child-rearing , violating traditional conceptions of gender roles . |
| 17 | Quantum analysis is a branch of statistics designed to test a very specific hypothesis , namely that a set of measurements is ‘ quantised ’ , and thus occurs in multiples of some basic measurement unit . |
| 18 | This requires a broad curriculum with a rich choice of learning opportunities designed to suit the very wide range of individual needs . |
| 19 | The teachers appear to operate a very rigid model of the dual labour market and seem to make no effort to encourage their girl pupils to struggle against it ; on the contrary , they take positive steps to encourage passivity in the face of obstacles . |
| 20 | I just want to make a very brief comment first of all . |
| 21 | Judges are overworked and they are unfairly expected to show a very high degree of technical knowledge in some cases . |
| 22 | In no way a carbon copy of the Windows application , the DOS package has its own features and failings destined to attract a very different audience . |
| 23 | This word , together with ‘ in me ’ , appear in every quatrain serving to establish the very personal relationship of the two concerned , evoking an ambience of intimacy which so rightly suits the theme of old age and approaching death . |
| 24 | For example , we would expect to find a very high proportion of cognate words in British and American English but a much lower percentage if we compare English and German and still lower if we compare English and Russian . |
| 25 | Because he does n't appear to do a very good job , he does n't turn up when , at times , he does n't ring you to tell why he 's not turning up and that sort of person is not a good idea to go for |
| 26 | Being a physical actor was one of Michael 's obvious qualities and there was no doubt that I was looking to do a very physical piece . |
| 27 | The Palisade units produced by Forest Fencing are individually machine turned to give a very neat appearance . |
| 28 | It was decided to send a very strong letter to the Director of Highways including photographs of children trying to cross the road at a peak time for traffic . |
| 29 | However , we contrive to have a very pleasant time . |
| 30 | There can also be little doubt that the devotional revolution had a significant impact on the life of local catholic communities , especially as social life came to have a very strong relationship to the local parish and its priests . |