Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further dilemma may arise when the individual whom professionals are trying to help has a very different interpretation of his or her circumstances , aspirations and prospects from those of relatives , or where the individual is suspicious and distrustful and does not want even close family to know what has happened to him or her . |
| 2 | Dry-lay a row of tiles from this point out to each wall so you can see how wide the cut border pieces will be , and adjust your starting point if necessary , to avoid having a very narrow border strip which will be difficult to cut . |
| 3 | English is the language of aviation and our native tongue , but some of the people we were trying to teach had a very poor comprehension of the language . |
| 4 | Santa Cruz has to date kept a very low profile in Japan , although it has had a product available on NEC 9800 series personal computers for some years . |
| 5 | ‘ You seem to have adopted a very cynical viewpoint , Matthew . ’ |
| 6 | I wonder if you feel that even if there was a deal , the British government , the Foreign Office , represented as they were , so admirably really , by Sir Edward Heath , he seems to have done a very good job , I wonder if he had to work very hard , or do you think perhaps , anybody could carry that out ? |
| 7 | Subsequent research seems , in fact , to have shown a very weak relationship between recall ( however measured , which is a technically very complex question in itself ) and other measures of advertising effectiveness . |
| 8 | This fact is of great importance , for it carries within it irrefutable evidence that whatever definition of ‘ god ’ is finally accepted , mankind must be , if not the sole architect of it , then at least to have had a very considerable influence on it . |
| 9 | Fourteen years later , Atkinson might claim , at best , to have had a very modest effect . |
| 10 | When I tell him that Fairfax seems to have played a very big part in Claudia 's life , he does n't see any problem . |
| 11 | In the absence of an animal , or even in addition to it , it is quite possible that some form of comfort was found at a particular place or sanctuary , and even within the minute span of evolutionary time measured by a single generation , it is possible for such a retreat to have become a very special place for a whole family , or even a tribe . |
| 12 | Now that it was over Edward seemed to have gone a very long way away from her , as if she was no more than a stranger to whom he was giving a lift . |
| 13 | Joseph Needham 's only indexed reference to dreaming in ancient China is tantalizingly brief : Oneiromancy , or prognostication by dreams , was also practised in China , as in most ancient civilisations , though it can hardly be said to have taken a very important place there . |
| 14 | Large enough to be able to offer supervision in most areas of social policy and social work , the department 's commitment to research creates a very congenial environment for research students who will encounter a wide range of substantive interests and methodological expertise . |