Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the approach eschews vague yet important notions of fairness and integrity , and makes them subservient to what can be criticized as a very narrow view of cost . |
| 2 | The trustee company will also be paid an annual fee , normally calculated as a very small percentage on the net asset value of the trust . |
| 3 | Prost had come cheap — virtually free for the first year — and Niki had re-signed for a very large sum indeed . |
| 4 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 5 | The author craves to be forgiven for a very brief self-quotation in illustration of this from a work of his own : |
| 6 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 7 | It is merely intended as a very easy-to-fit deterrent which a car owner may use in place of an alarm or , as in the author 's car , the unit can complement an existing security system which previously had no visual deterrent . |
| 8 | This brochure is only intended as a very brief introduction to Carmarthen Bay & Teifi Valley . |
| 9 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 10 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 11 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 12 | It was certainly regarded as a very radical measure at the time . |
| 13 | The important debate in my opinion that we shall have this Committee stage and it is for that reason and also because for four-and-a-half years which I think is regarded as a very long time , I was answerable for police affairs er with the Home Secretary in another place , as the Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan will remember , many years ago , it goes back to January nineteen fifty-eight when I became Under Secretary and he was political advisor to the Police Federation and we very rarely disagreed I 'm happy to say . |
| 14 | A spokesman said : ‘ This escape is regarded as a very serious matter and the Director General of the Prison Service , Derek Lewis , has ordered an immediate and urgent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the escape . ’ |
| 15 | The culprit is sent for and denounced , for this is regarded as a very serious crime . |
| 16 | In this case the cylinder can be treated as a very large bucket . |
| 17 | Initially Gordievsky was treated as a very important person and briefed Mrs Thatcher before her first meeting with Gorbachev.He was also flown to Washington to see Reagan before his meeting with the Russian leader in Geneva . |
| 18 | ‘ We have come through a very critical emergency and come out in good shape , ’ aid NASA 's satellite programme director , Robert Adler . |
| 19 | But then he had already had enough to keep him and many others occupied for a very long time . |
| 20 | Yet ironically , recent government policies have created a situation where more and more prisoners serving life and other long sentences have rather less to lose , for it has now been decreed that various categories of serious offender will not normally be considered for parole , or not considered for a very long time ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 21 | She is wrinkled like a very new flower , |
| 22 | In the case of Julie Smith it will be very short and admission procedures , nursing assessment and preparation for theatre will have to be compressed into a very short space of time . |
| 23 | The compost is inoculated with a very dilute solution of these extracts which stimulate nitrogen-fixing bacteria and cause the rapid breakdown of the heap . |
| 24 | Located in a very attractive part of Bray , the Studio and control room together cover more than 400 sq . |
| 25 | Whatever temporary vogue her poetry may have enjoyed following her death , the few historical traces of her life are contained within a very narrow compass . |
| 26 | Cameras were hurriedly produced , which was no easy matter as we were squeezed in a very small boat , and everyone was in everyone else 's way as we tried to take photographs . |
| 27 | The world has distorted this , and unfortunately many Christians have responded in a very reactionary manner causing many to throw the baby out with the bath water . |
| 28 | ‘ You are come in a very good hour , sir ! |
| 29 | ‘ Men 's and women 's experiences are obviously related , ’ stated Toni , ‘ but I believe they 're transposed in a very different way . |
| 30 | Perhaps I 've , perhaps I 've , perhaps I 've mixed in a very sheltered society . |