Example sentences of "very [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think your point is in effect met , but we have to observe very properly the requirements of the law . |
| 2 | The criteria mentioned above have often been employed , as was noted at the beginning of this chapter , in the construction of very broad evolutionary schemes , but these have been increasingly criticized — in Marxist thought as elsewhere — for their excessively abstract depiction of the ‘ stages of development ’ which seem to fit very loosely the actual changes in political systems in different regions of the world and in determinate historical periods . |
| 3 | And then very very importantly the last mnemonic ANNA cos that really is belt and braces , it 's tying the whole thing up so the guy knows exactly why you 're gon na come back . |
| 4 | Melanie smiled lazily , smoothing back her hair , the opulent curves of her body outlined by the satin dressing-gown which was very blatantly the only garment she had on . |
| 5 | Furthermore , Mr Farraday had made it clear that he planned to hold only very rarely the sort of large social occasions Darlington Hall had seen frequently in the past . |
| 6 | From these three major sources it can be seen that rape and sexual assault are very rarely the subject of investigative journalism outside of some judicial context . |
| 7 | Briefly , this is because automatisation depends upon practice at performances which do not vary , whereas the underlying meanings of sentences are very rarely the same . |
| 8 | It is very rarely the case in real life that we can predict in detail the form and content of the language which we will encounter , but , given all of the ethnographic information we have specified , the actual occurring utterance is much more likely ( hence , we assume , much more readily processed by the addressee ) than any of the following ‘ utterances ’ which did not occur : |
| 9 | Beyond this , character- ization rarely goes further than the creation of characters sufficient for the roles they play within the fabliau ; there is very rarely the slightest pretence at verisimilitude in the form of feigning that the characters have experiences beyond or after those of the narrative given . |
| 10 | More important , however , the large organisations with which we had contact had all sought to make very clear the precise status of their casual staff . |
| 11 | Cambridge and Knapp make very clear the relationship of consumerism to community care : |
| 12 | What , for instance , would Ken have in common with Andrew Ray , who was then just twenty-three years old ( Ken was now forty ) and who made known and very clear the attraction he felt for a pretty girl ? |
| 13 | Because the cells move very slowly the process is best seen when speeded up in a time-lapse film . |
| 14 | Very slowly the boy cut himself another slice and began to eat it . |
| 15 | Slowly , very slowly the minutes went by . |
| 16 | Then very , very slowly the arms are raised to shoulder level , with the palms facing downwards . |
| 17 | Very slowly the curtain opened . |
| 18 | I was exhausted , no sleep last night , and very little the previous nights . |
| 19 | Paige found herself quite hungry , but that was probably because she 'd eaten very little the night before . |
| 20 | One of the signs of the eclipse of classics by English was the foundation in 1907 of the English Association which was to propound very effectively the view that the new discipline had become " our finest vehicle for a genuine humanistic education " and that " its importance in this respect was growing with the disappearance of Latin and Greek from the curricula of our schools and universities . " |
| 21 | We 've had very since the trouble , certainly over the past month since Christmas . |
| 22 | The public may find it hard to stomach for very long the fact that schools in one area should be much better or worse funded than those in neighbouring areas , or that age weightings should vary greatly from one area to another . |
| 23 | ‘ But the style of rugby I saw in August over there , and that we have seen on their tour of France and England , indicates that before very long the Springboks will be up there with the best . |
| 24 | Before very long the view of Rhee 's helpful conduct was to undergo radical revision . |
| 25 | So he stood with her , and held her , and very soon nature began to teach them both what to do , and before very long the neighbours heard a little shriek come from Pascoe 's cottage , and the old wives glanced and nodded to each other , content that the marriage had been consummated , and anxious to share with each other reminiscences of their own experiences in similar circumstances . |
| 26 | By his campaign for Fox , Lewis probably destroyed his own chances of promotion in the University , even though he was very obviously the most distinguished member of the English Faculty . |
| 27 | The heat , redness , pain and swelling are the classical signs of inflammation and are very obviously the result of the body 's reaction to the infection and not the cause of the illness . |
| 28 | This is very obviously the approach of someone writing exclusively and specifically for the young . |
| 29 | Very gingerly the boy began to cut a thin slice of the vast cake . |
| 30 | The only solution is to reduce very greatly the use of water , and every individual is involved . |