Example sentences of "and very [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 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 .
2 Other cheaper and very hard-wearing forms of floor covering well worth considering are sisal , coir or coconut matting or hair and woolcord .
3 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 .
4 This offers a time limited contract and very definite expectations of therapist intervention .
5 These I shall send to you for harsh criticism and very helpful suggestions re set . ’
6 • Foundation Cream moisturises and protects dry and very dry skins against dehydration with a soft , velvety finish .
7 Heightened with calligraphic marking and very spare areas of colour , Corrin 's landscape-inspired grisaille glass magically reveals the real landscape which lies beyond .
8 Politically they tend to be unstable , with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy .
9 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 .
10 The weapons listed above all have very different purposes and very different costs per unit .
11 There was , of course , no smoke there now and very little traces of oil .
12 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 .
13 ‘ I would agree that Liverpool customers like smart casuals and very glamorous clothes for evening . ’
14 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 .
15 Digital signalling offers improvements in speech quality and very high levels of security .
16 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 .
17 Biliary sludge contains cholesterol crystals , calcium bilirubinate granules , and very high concentrations of mucin glycoprotein , a putative nucleating agent .
  Next page