Example sentences of "by a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups were still being run by a very small section office . |
| 2 | These tints are balanced by a very little warm colour on a road and gravel pit in the foreground , a single house in the middle distance , and the scarlet jacket of a labourer . |
| 3 | They are now joined by a very different woman , Marie-Elisabeth Cons-Boutboul , who was charged on Monday with being an accessory to the murder of her son-in-law , who was found shot dead in the hallway of his Paris apartment block in 1985 . |
| 4 | That evening Sid and I dined off piping hot oxtail soup , steak and kidney pie , followed by a very rich plum duff , all washed down with a bottle of French cider , given to us by the old Frenchman who lived in the cottage near the entrance to the orchard . |
| 5 | I waited until the tea was ready then joined them for a warming meal of steak and kidney pudding , followed by a very hot mug of tea into which was placed a measure of Navy rum . |
| 6 | Indeed , with the exception of Atlanta 's Cable News Network , seen by a very small audience in Britain , even the introduction of new television technology has so far only extended the reach ( if not the profitability ) of Britain 's existing press barons . |
| 7 | The individual work histories of Mutang'ang'i 's original forty trainees include as many different jobs as were held by Mutang'ang'i himself , since the informal sector is typified by a very high turnover . |
| 8 | There is rather less footroom because of the wider transmission tunnel , with nowhere to rest the left foot , and one is faced by a very full instrument panel . ’ |
| 9 | There were also problems with the semi-automatic gearbox and a broken constant-velocity joint , so much so that Mansell was eased into fourth place on the grid by a very impressive lap from his team mate . |
| 10 | The tyre choice had been largely dictated by a very encouraging performance when Piquet ran with the car in race trim on Saturday . |
| 11 | The dolphin 's melon , a waxy , lens-shaped organ , extends from the blowhole to the beak and contains much fine wax-oil held in suspension by a very fine web-like tissue , which resembles the inside of a pipless , unripe melon . |
| 12 | Someone had trapped folded paper in the bottom drawer and removed the handles so it could no longer be opened except , perhaps , by a very strong man . |
| 13 | Piggott had replaced McHargue , then sitting out a suspension , on Commanche Run in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood , which he won by a very wide margin ; and though the stable jockey was back on board for the colt 's victory in the March Stakes on the same course , his preparation race for the St Leger , Commanche Run 's owner Ivan Allan , claiming ‘ There 's only one St Leger and only one Lester , ’ insisted that his close friend Piggott replace McHargue for the Classic . |
| 14 | I can only tell you that it is intended to be read by a very limited circle of people in the medical profession . |
| 15 | This reflex is brought about by a very simple neural mechanism . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , Shearman , as District Chairman , recognised that the District could not continue in its relatively impecunious way ‘ sustained by a very small number of rather weak branches dispersed over a very wide area … most of the branches were struggling ’ . |
| 17 | There was one unit of 10,000 broilers in Wales run by a very busy father and son partnership . |
| 18 | Machismo is receiving some challenge from women 's movements and organisations , but these are only supported by a very small number of women . |
| 19 | Then much later it was bought by a very rich Arab Christian family called Damiani and they turned this building ’ — the man paused in humorous reflection for a moment — ‘ into a soap factory . |
| 20 | In the industrial situations where safety can be assured and skilled technicians are available the light cleaning method can be adopted followed by a very high pressure jetting up to 3000psi or more . |
| 21 | I welcome this book on two major counts : first , because it succeeds in what should be the aim of every author , that is to educate and entertain , and secondly because it has been written by a very knowledgeable person who genuinely cares for his dogs , has bred a consistent type for many years and has put as much into the ‘ dog game ’ as he has taken out . |
| 22 | Again , he is taken down by a very firm snatch of the lead . |
| 23 | The pre-antibiotic irrigations used organic silver solutions , mercuric salts , potassium permanganate , and even , by a very sporting Dr Porosz of Budapest during the last century , nitric acid . |
| 24 | A nice , forgiving , non-envious strategy could easily be programmed into a computer by a very nasty man . |
| 25 | I was greeted by a very attractive woman of about thirty . |
| 26 | I 've managed to arrange to meet her and talk to her and this should take place tomorrow ( though it 's being organised by a very unreliable man , one of the expatriate drunks that live here ) . |
| 27 | husband of the proprietress of the New York boarding-house where Martin Chuzzlewit stays on his arrival in the city , a man of Pennsylvanian origin ‘ distinguished by a very large skull , and a great mass of yellow forehead … |
| 28 | By a very ingenious mechanism a wooden screen can separate the transport from the body of the church at a moment 's notice reducing the latter in size when necessary and converting the former into a commodious , well lighted lecture hall . |
| 29 | In these activities , the ‘ players ’ are joined by a very large number of other people and organisations , each seeking an audience for their comments : |
| 30 | Suffice to say JTR was travelling through territory totally ruled by a very wealthy network of families who , politics aside , were more in touch with their peasantry than their less isolated land owning peers . |