Example sentences of "[pron] very [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CAA continued with its very successful programme of practice seminars in various countries . |
| 2 | After the war Lucienne Palmer ( Mrs Hill ) embarked on an acting career and thence to playwriting , translation and adaptation from the French , part-time work as a lay psychotherapist in an N.H.S. therapeutic community , and , latish in life , her very first love of all-painting : London exhibition 1988 . |
| 3 | It also shows that their very small holdings of sight deposits enables them to hold very small reserves of notes , coin and bankers ' balances . |
| 4 | Yeah , they may feel constrained in their very traditional modes of life dominated by religion or some er some restrictive erm |
| 5 | And so ‘ the war ’ continues , to polling day and beyond , as back in Britain , Paddy , Neil and John conclude their very different conflict of camera angles and weasel words . |
| 6 | Lévi-Strauss reads then a very modernist Kelsenian ‘ legalism ’ into pre-modern societies and hence misses their very characteristic form of power relations . |
| 7 | Under the existing system , royal governors entrusted with judicial and tax-collecting powers ‘ fed ’ upon the local population , using their very brief tenure of office to line their own pockets . |
| 8 | Add to this easy slide show production for business presentations complete with a goodly selection of transition effects and you very useful piece of business software . |
| 9 | Even with a substantial sum , the money available can buy you very different amounts of contact with the public : in conventional media analysis terms of coverage of adults and opportunities to see ( OTS ) an ad , £300000 could buy you , nationally , in early 1992 , the ‘ campaigns ’ in the main media which are shown in Table 10.1 . |
| 10 | This public libertarianism , whose very real sense of possibility has remained at the heart of every subsequent ‘ utopian ’ movement ( like the early days of Punk Rock ) , foundered against the worsening economic climate and the ‘ tough ’ mood of the new Conservative government under the ‘ abrasive ’ Ted Heath . |
| 11 | In a world where so much was staged artificially it was like a breath of fresh air and Harriet experienced her very own glow of excitement and triumph . |
| 12 | This also suggests that Charles did not spend his very last night of freedom at Stamford as is claimed . |
| 13 | I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration . |
| 14 | Oh , is it any oh is it very strenuous sort of thing ? |
| 15 | DES — our very own bundle of cheek from the Arabian Desert . |
| 16 | Try to remember your very first experiences of reading . |
| 17 | ‘ OK , Sergeant , I accept your very kind offer of hospitality , ’ getting to my feet and following the Sergeant outside . |
| 18 | In one breath you are claiming the wall poster advertisement of the ancient Romans and the newest satellite in space as your very own tools of trade . |