Example sentences of "and very [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other cheaper and very hard-wearing forms of floor covering well worth considering are sisal , coir or coconut matting or hair and woolcord . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This offers a time limited contract and very definite expectations of therapist intervention . |
| 4 | For ten years , from the time she arrived in France — after a journey in which she showed considerable enthusiasm for the new life to which she was going , and very little sign of regret about leaving her country , let alone her ‘ dearest mother ’ ( in contrast to Mary of Guise 's grief ) — until her marriage , she was the fêted darling of the French court . |
| 5 | Although conscientious , the new king was a dull , uninspiring figure , rather below middle height , with heavy features , an awkward manner and very little command of English ; German was his preferred language but state papers were translated for him into French . |
| 6 | As well as beautiful landscapes , Yugoslavia has a lively and very distinctive sense of tradition . |
| 7 | Indeed , a recent and very comprehensive survey of handwriting recognition techniques and systems considered its significance to merit just one sentence : ’ Higher level linguistic rules such as syntax and semantics can also increase the recognition rate ’ [ Tappert et al , 1990 ] . |
| 8 | At the Old Bailey , Judge Rivlin QC told Mr Braley : ‘ This was a quite extraordinary and very serious breach of trust . |
| 9 | This so impressed the then president of the Canadian branch of the Anglo Jewish Association that he invited the young man , scarcely more than a boy , to be its secretary ; the start of a highly successful and very wide range of business and charitable interests . |
| 10 | Maggie 's hands clung to his shoulders , her lips fused with his , and when his knee nudged her legs apart in an impatient and very male act of domination she wound her leg around his calf without even knowing it . |
| 11 | Ten years ago , a computer was a large , static and very expensive piece of machinery , operated by an expert elite who communicated with it in a language which only they understood . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it is a very bold and very clever piece of work indeed . |
| 13 | Heightened with calligraphic marking and very spare areas of colour , Corrin 's landscape-inspired grisaille glass magically reveals the real landscape which lies beyond . |
| 14 | Politically they tend to be unstable , with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy . |
| 15 | Although not profitable in the first year of acquisition , BMK with its complementary customer base and very different range of production equipment , will greatly strengthen us in the longer term . |
| 16 | There was , of course , no smoke there now and very little traces of oil . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For me , a new and very delightful phase of life began , for I began to spend time with mothers of young children again . |
| 19 | about means testing in general , the problem with means test is that they are a rather disguised and very crude form of taxation . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The scene in Basic Instinct with Michael was a very weird and very sick sort of love . |
| 22 | ‘ Raving madness ’ is rare , but severe episodes of manic disorder , acute schizophrenia and other delusional states are sometimes accompanied by hours or days of fluctuating distress , excitement , agitation or violent outbursts which require very close nursing supervision round the clock and very careful monitoring of medication . |
| 23 | Digital signalling offers improvements in speech quality and very high levels of security . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Biliary sludge contains cholesterol crystals , calcium bilirubinate granules , and very high concentrations of mucin glycoprotein , a putative nucleating agent . |