Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , you may have reserved ground for burial , or you may wish to be cremated , or to have a very simple funeral . |
| 2 | There can also be problems in ensuring a measure of concept-equivalence across societies , since what are nominally identical practices or institutions may perform varying functions , or have a very different significance . |
| 3 | He did have the ambition to do more serious work , as he had in Saint Joan and he had done in those early days in rep , but suddenly , he had got sucked into a formula that became a very comfortable rut indeed and , surprisingly for those who thought they knew him well , he did n't want to find a way out . |
| 4 | I thought the two rivers both rising on Plynlimmon and then flowing their separate ways like brother and sister then meeting down under the Severn Bridge — I thought that provided a very nice theme for this beautiful border country |
| 5 | We shall now take a ferromagnetic material that has a very narrow hysteresis loop so that we can assume with good approximation a unique ( though of course nonlinear ) relationship between B and H. The material is again assumed to be of a toroidal shape but it is now excited by a current I flowing in a coil of N turns ( Fig. 3.13(a) ) . |
| 6 | Suppose a particular nationalized firm wants to institute a project that has a very favourable rate of return but which involves heavy capital outlays prior to any revenues being generated . |
| 7 | For example , we often talk about ‘ stress ’ , which is a term that has a very precise meaning to an engineer . |
| 8 | We knew that we should have to find this for ourselves , as the Billeting Office would not be prepared to move us again , nor lend a very sympathetic ear to our complaints . |
| 9 | In the short time available to her on 16th October Hilary could do no more than give a very sketchy account of her visit but enough to whet our appetites for more . |
| 10 | Christopher knew it and was able to send him away with words that showed a very personal friendliness . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's an amateur sport in the true sense of the word but one that takes a very professional approach particularly to coaching and judging , ’ says Paul . |
| 12 | As explained in section 2.3 , a diode is a device that presents a very low resistance to current flow when appreciable potential difference of one sign , known as forward , is applied while it presents a very high resistance to current flow when appreciable potential difference of the opposite sign , known as reverse , is applied . |
| 13 | Niall Grant stood there , only now , instead of a uniform , he was wearing an expensively tailored dark suit and a smile that sent a very odd tremor sliding down her spine . |
| 14 | Jochim won it Greyson not a very good ball Gemmell wins it back for Forest now Black forward Collimore 's offside and that looked a very close decision . |
| 15 | Amongst the flowers that turn a very dark colour when pressed are deep red primulas and auriculas , as well as small orchids . |
| 16 | My second example , although involving a very different animal , raises the same kind of questions . |
| 17 | But these studies had to be ranged alongside a number of other disciplines that offered a very different perspective on the development of life . |
| 18 | Jim was of the opinion that the parrot ploy had some merit , mentioning a woman with one that spoke a very interesting variety of English . |
| 19 | ‘ We have begun to lose our confidence in our institutions , the traditions and bodies that constitute a very large part of the national culture — especially in the monarchy which a year ago appeared to be one of the unassailable certainties of British life . ’ |
| 20 | And as long as you did n't choose something that had a very bad dye , in which case it would all run , but mostly it was very light , it was easy to wear , even easy to clean , so it was an immensely popular fabric . |
| 21 | The church is Romanesque and approached along a tree-clad path that makes a very pleasant change from the more normal city approach — straight off the road . |
| 22 | I don I should also say that following a very recent decision er in our submission that 's probably right , that my Lord as I say , I say to you with no joy , this really is desperate and er one can not have , in our submission , in the minds of the jury by inadmissible evidence , the suggestion that yes we have been harbouring this man two days before . |
| 23 | We do well to remember that many can live incredibly full lives and develop a very extensive range of sympathy and understanding , who live only within a geographically and culturally restricted circle . |
| 24 | Well there 's three men crouching round them now , as Tufnell comes to bowl to , who covers up and plays a very certain spec defensive shot . |
| 25 | Complementing our recreational work , this interpretation is particularly suited to dance and fitness studio/leisure centre facilities and plays a very important part in the promotion and furtherance of Medau movement . |
| 26 | By borrowing Chinese cameras , and gaining access to more sophisticated foreign models that had been ‘ liberated ’ from bourgeois homes by the Red Guards , he gradually mastered the art and became a very proficient photographer . |
| 27 | I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force . |
| 28 | Griffith was transferred to other work and became a very famous engine designer . |
| 29 | Saga pioneered this market and became a very large company on the basis of it . |
| 30 | And we are all robbers and make a very good living from that . |