Example sentences of "[conj] very [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is not calories , it may be fat units or fibre units that are counted , or very exact portions of food . |
| 2 | If there is a single function relating arousal and memory it seems likely that it takes the inverted-U shape which is often suggested to describe the relationship between task performance and memory , with memory impairments occurring at very low or very high levels of arousal . |
| 3 | After ranking , townships were classified as having very low , low , medium , high or very high levels of unemployment and opioid use amongst the young . |
| 4 | But when you bear in mind the background points ( catalysis , the interaction with radiation , the notion of turnover ) you see how it is that very small amounts of pollution really could have far reaching effects . |
| 5 | In recent years , it has become clear that very simple measures of reaction time ( particularly choice reaction time ) and variability in reaction time correlate very highly with ordinary IQ measures , to an extent that makes much of the theorising in this book inapplicable , Similarly , measures of inspection time have shown uncommonly high correlations with IQ , particularly in below average subjects . |
| 6 | By that time there was already an appreciation that very substantial currents of water were necessary to transport coarse sediments but , without systematic means of establishing precisely the sizes of particles and the range of particle sizes within a deposit , little scientific advance was made . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most telling lesson of the past forty years has been the recognition that very different forms of life are built around essentially similar molecular mechanisms . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it is clear that very large sums of money will have to be spent to put Eastern Europe on its feet and ensure that it stays democratic . |
| 9 | By contrast , hunters in packs are usually small relative to their prey and collaborate in diverse and very complex ways in hunting , in transport of food to dens , and in feeding and care of the young . |
| 10 | Other cheaper and very hard-wearing forms of floor covering well worth considering are sisal , coir or coconut matting or hair and woolcord . |
| 11 | In quite outrageously comic and very skilful sequences of movement , mime and clowning , they attempt courtship , and in a shower of champagne that misses more often than it hits the glass , approach the great unknown of the wedding night . |
| 12 | This offers a time limited contract and very definite expectations of therapist intervention . |
| 13 | These I shall send to you for harsh criticism and very helpful suggestions re set . ’ |
| 14 | • Foundation Cream moisturises and protects dry and very dry skins against dehydration with a soft , velvety finish . |
| 15 | Heightened with calligraphic marking and very spare areas of colour , Corrin 's landscape-inspired grisaille glass magically reveals the real landscape which lies beyond . |
| 16 | Politically they tend to be unstable , with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy . |
| 17 | Well known examples include the rare use of the 80–100 per cent range in arts and social studies and the full use of very high and very low marks in science and mathematics . |
| 18 | The weapons listed above all have very different purposes and very different costs per unit . |
| 19 | There was , of course , no smoke there now and very little traces of oil . |
| 20 | Alongside whatever direct impact petitions had on MPs , some printed material and very particular kinds of evidence were channelled straight to parliamentarians — especially the results of quantifying aspects of the slave trade and slavery and the direct testimony of witnesses whose authenticity was expected to impress . |
| 21 | ‘ I would agree that Liverpool customers like smart casuals and very glamorous clothes for evening . ’ |
| 22 | Estonia , for instance , had the largest deposits of shale in the Soviet Union , and very considerable deposits of phosphorite and limestone ; but their rapid exploitation in the interests of the Soviet economy as a whole had led to serious environmental damage and to water pollution in particular . |
| 23 | Digital signalling offers improvements in speech quality and very high levels of security . |
| 24 | Embroidery is taught to many of the girls at various centres established by ‘ Families for Children ’ and very high standards of craftsmanship are frequently achieved . |
| 25 | Biliary sludge contains cholesterol crystals , calcium bilirubinate granules , and very high concentrations of mucin glycoprotein , a putative nucleating agent . |
| 26 | 7 different types of the drug ( Depo-Provera ) are still being sold as very effective forms of contraception with no side effects . |
| 27 | Initially , philosophers interested in reference ( with some notable exceptions ) did not pay a great deal of attention to indexicals ( Bar-Hillel , 1970 : 76 ) ; then they began to treat them as very special kinds of expression requiring contextual co-ordinates or indices , as sketched above . |
| 28 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 29 | In the manufacture of stone vases , the Minoans displayed enormous patience , as well as very high levels of confidence and skill . |