Example sentences of "very [adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an object is not so very different from a table or a cow , concerning which I can have similar information of where they are and what they are doing . |
| 2 | Now much of the rest of the stone of the building also dates from the medieval period but in fact in the nineteenth century the building er was very popular as a church and the vicar at the time decided that what he needed was more space and so they knocked down virtually the whole building apart from the tower and the east erm erm window and rebuilt it to put in the er gallery at the level that we 're standing here . |
| 3 | very careful with a protractor and the protractor you 've got not it 's not gon na really do a fifty one point |
| 4 | Question : What happens when you are very early into a market and you pile the functionality into your tool as the market grows ? |
| 5 | Once his parents were able to reassure him that his mummy had been very ill for a while but now she was better but had to take medicine he became a much easier boy to handle and stopped urinating on the carpet . |
| 6 | Well the money would be very welcome at a company that is again finding that computers are a gurgling cash drain , and a single outside investor is very different matter to a host of fractious small shareholders and institutional investors . |
| 7 | Further anecdotes on the fame of Champagne wines in the fourteenth century are told by Max Sutaine in his Essai sur l'histoire des vins de la Champagne ( 1845 ) ; in particular he relates how , when the German king Wenceslas arrived in Reims in 1397 to discuss with Charles VI the division within the church over the popes of Avignon ( a subject Henry Vizetelly describes in A History of Champagne ( 1882 ) as ‘ very fit for a drunkard and a madman to put their heads together about ’ ) he became so intoxicated on the local wines that he signed all the documents before him , departing without knowing what he had signed . |
| 8 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 9 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 10 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
| 11 | This list of requirements might well succeed in eliminating all our ideas ; in practice we would be satisfied if two or three of these demands were catered for but very unhappy with a unit that failed on all nine aspects . |
| 12 | They are certainly very useful for an engineer because they relate practical requirements ( e.g. how large the voltage should be at the secondary ) to design parameters ( what the turns ratio should be ) . |
| 13 | My experiences are very similar to the writer in that standards for smaller audits in particular appeared to be very poor in a firm that I left some two years ago . |
| 14 | On the one hand Mrs Singh was told that his drawing and writing were immature , that he was still drawing and writing like a very young child ; yet later she was told that he was very good with a pencil and talented at art ! |
| 15 | She says good hair is very important to a woman and losing hers has affected her deeply . |
| 16 | It 's very important for a chairman or chief executive to recognise that the world is going to change . |
| 17 | There is a great atmosphere here which is an interesting mixture of traditional Spanish and modern , and the setting is very informal with a bar and TV lounge to relax and chat with friends . |
| 18 | But the whole incident was less memorable than it should have been — she seemed like an ordinary human being , very neat in a coat and skirt , talking about her hotel at Woodstock . |
| 19 | The cancer of the breast was hopelessly advanced and Young felt that it was the result of wearing fashionably tight dresses , ‘ very beautiful in a picture and there only to be admired … |
| 20 | Staring is very intimidating to a cat and its natural response is to avoid the hostile image of the staring eyes . |
| 21 | I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs ! |
| 22 | David was very restless as a baby and slept little . |
| 23 | It 's very difficult in an island where no one really needs to work . ’ |
| 24 | The tap was soldered very close to a rectifier and is not an easy job . |
| 25 | A system of mutual support , very necessary in an alien and often hostile environment , results in the immigrant community being concentrated geographically in towns that offer jobs which white workers often will not take . |
| 26 | What my analysis suggests is that the denials of professional responsibility , and the attempts to limit the economic consequences of being professionals , are not very convincing to a public that can observe auditors in a position of power dominated by economic self-interest . |
| 27 | Professional models do not always look very convincing in a factory or a highly technical laboratory . |
| 28 | Although not quite running the place now , was in good spirits and still looking very smart in a collar and tie . |
| 29 | From the mid-1970s , indeed , comments one of the officers , ‘ the teacher education area of the Council was very active as a focus and sponsor of discussion concerning course development for some seven or eight years ’ . |