Example sentences of "[be] very [det] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the bishops were very much at the heart of Innocent 's system of church government there were papal expedients that Innocent used quite extensively that minimized their power . |
| 2 | Some schools and education authorities had established strong links with the business sector but others were very much at the starting post . |
| 3 | Below that level , colleagues , thirdly , and you may be less interested in this , erm , but the , because this is very much at the level of , of officers , at least from the statutory bodies . |
| 4 | But as I said in a speech recently , we have a lot further to go , more progress to make and that is very much at the top of my agenda of , the agenda of my right honourable friend the education minister . |
| 5 | Her view that we should encourage schools to take up tennis is one that is very much at the heart of our philosophy . |
| 6 | Better maintenance of the border is a central factor in our policy and it is very much at the heart of the arrangements and agreement that we have with the Irish Government . |
| 7 | Moreover if these covenants were given full force , they would tend to reduce his freedom to seek better conditions even by asking for a rise in wages ; because if he is not allowed to get work elsewhere he is very much at the mercy of his employer . |
| 8 | The BBC said : ‘ Vic and Bob 's inimitable brand of humour is very much at the cutting edge of contemporary comedy and I am delighted to welcome two such original talents to BBC 2 . ’ |
| 9 | In so far as the Interludium is amusing , up to this point and beyond it , the humour is very much at the expense of the clerk . |
| 10 | Concerns with the ‘ public ’ and the ‘ private ’ are very much at the heart of Anita Ronke 's sculpture/installation work . |
| 11 | With such a small group we are very much at the mercy of the various other events in people 's lives and all of us have distractions over the summer . |
| 12 | In the fourteenth century Prague was very much at the centre of European affairs . |
| 13 | This approach was very much at the heart of Labour 's 1983 election manifesto . |