Example sentences of "[adv] very [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such species seem to live in very small pools of water which almost dry up during the summer season , and only the fry survive . |
| 2 | In this way , by successive doublings , they managed to evolve a strain of RNA that could self-replicate in very high concentrations of ethidium bromide , 10 times as concentrated as the poison that had inhibited the original ancestral V2 RNA . |
| 3 | I ca n't make any sense of what he 's saying because it seems to me that erm our common and everyday and perhaps very deficient notion of individuation is , what makes me different from the rest of you ? |
| 4 | Some modern bomb calorimeters are so sensitive that they require only very small amounts of sample . |
| 5 | Even though banks hold only very small amounts of cash , they nevertheless hold a large amount of other relatively liquid assets which act as reserves , but which at the same time earn interest . |
| 6 | There are a number of major organisations who make only very limited use of executive search and yet are successful on a worldwide basis . |
| 7 | Many of the agreements are only for minority groups , especially BCU members , many give access to only very short lengths of river and dates of use can be restricted . |
| 8 | With the economic climate showing only very slow signs of improvement , I know many of you feel the strain of battling against the tide . |
| 9 | er I 've got several favourites , er the one at Thrupp , Hampton Gay which I mentioned , where the train disaster was , that 's a particularly nice one because it 's along very nice stretches of canal and river , I like the one er up at er the Rollright Stones , and , and I like the ones in the Chilterns as well , there 's a couple in the Chilterns , one at er Watlington Hill , just outside the town of Watlington , and er one which goes through the grounds of Stonor Park , but er superb scenery up there obviously with the beech woods and so on . |
| 10 | Cotswold Wildlife Park aspires to show animals to people — so that they can come to understand and respect all forms of wildlife ; to understand what is special about each species , and how the various species have evolved and adapted over very long periods of time , adjusting and changing to survive in habitats from many parts of the earth . |
| 11 | Therefore , it is dangerous to try to explain present-day landforms merely by the operation of present processes of erosion acting over very long periods of time . |
| 12 | In my view , accuracy can only be assured over very short periods of time , after which the refereeing panel must receive a proper rest . |
| 13 | Again , now that he is a man he is expected to observe those admittedly very minimal standards of decency which apply to excretion ( for instance , not urinating on someone 's feet when you are talking to them ) , and so to this very limited extent we can speak of initiation being like toilet-training . |
| 14 | AGAINST Poor Interface , with some odd key combinations Most of the planes ‘ feel ’ the same Lack of sense of a campaign Flight models are not very good BIRDS OF PREY is available from Electronic Arts ( 0753-549442 ) priced at £39-99 . |
| 15 | They are first mentioned as a not very arresting topic of conversation at a soirée given by the Dambreuses . |
| 16 | We do n't want to accrue er interest even if it 's being expenses by B-Sky-B if it 's not going to actually be paid for many years , but to the extent that it 's er likely to turn into cash in the relatively near future , then I think we would erm think it 's now time to start addressing that issue and the result would be that we should probably erm accrue some reasonable and not very substantial amount of back-interest er in the current financial year . |
| 17 | Its Presidents now served for short terms , and were always very distinguished men of science . |
| 18 | Any advantage bestowed on KGDC by its peculiar structure remains a mystery — but one possibility is that a molecule with 24 separate binding sites will be much more effective at picking up very small quantities of substrate . |
| 19 | A broad business background and experience is invaluable serving or recently retired chief executives ( of other companies ) are frequently very effective members of audit committees . |
| 20 | They found that even very small dosages of fluoride may cause ‘ normal ’ blood fluoride levels to surge to potentially harmful values . |
| 21 | The liver to do that work has to have a very very good supply of oxygen . |
| 22 | So that 's an acid plus a metal , now an acid plus a base which is this one we 've just done , a metal oxide the metal oxides are bases , er you can think of them as being alkaline , we call it basic but very very similar sort of thing to alkaline okay so what happens with a base and an acid ? |
| 23 | And er can can we scrape away to say Chairman that er , you know this , this , this situation er it is not to do with government policies , we are paying a very heavy price to this country for world recession as we have paid this very high price , very very large amounts of money that had to be used for people who are unfortunate enough to fall out of employment . |
| 24 | So if we hear any screeching noises or bells , which er do n't turn off after a very very short period of time , we are to er make our way in an orderly fashion to the er base of the staircase of the fire escape , following the fire escape er signs . |