Example sentences of "very [adj] and [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken , in the event neither fulminated nor frothed , and managed to restrict himself to a 15-minute speech in which he advanced some very cogent and well measured arguments for preventing bolting gaining the same sort of prominence it has in other countries — notably France and America . |
| 2 | We are being presented with two very different and dramatically opposed visions . |
| 3 | But unfortunately unless this restraint is very clear and firmly upheld children will rapidly learn , by making a great scene , particularly in public , that they can get their own way . |
| 4 | Although a very elaborate and well executed mosaic however , the saltire pavement — which in one form or another possesses most of the motifs typical of this integral group — is certainly not an isolated example of such richness . |
| 5 | It has been shown in the experimental literature on the prisoners ' dilemma game that the strategy of ‘ tit for tat ’ is a very effective and frequently chosen way of sustaining co-operation even though it is far simpler than Abreu 's strategies ( and neither subgame perfect nor renegotiation-proof ) . |
| 6 | He is clearly a very disturbed and emotionally rejected child because he deliberately urinates on the carpets and bedding , refuses to go to bed or stay in his own bed . |
| 7 | He is clearly a very disturbed and emotionally rejected child because he deliberately urinates on the carpets and bedding , refuses to go to bed or stay in his own bed . |
| 8 | She was a tall , bespectacled spinster , who was very capable and well understood child psychology . |
| 9 | A combination of lax discipline and hostile attitudes on the part of both parents encourages very aggressive and poorly controlled behaviour in their offspring . |