Example sentences of "very [adv] [adj -er] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | While this downswing will not be as sharp as the previous downturn ( in 1979-81 ) , not least given the very much lower level of inflation that we now have , a dull 1989 is bound to be followed by a difficult 1990 . ’ |
2 | Adrian is very much wider scope of food now , before , far more wary were n't you ? |
3 | Management and leadership training and experience for NCOs and officers , new skills training for everyone , and a very much higher level of fitness than that of the average civilian are benefits of their voluntary service . |
4 | Note that although the actions of the mother , father and child might well have been part of one connected incident , the cuts to the first shot of the older child and to the shot of the father getting to his feet open up the possibility that the actions could in fact have been parts of separate but similar incidents which took place over a very much longer span of time ; the shot of the father could well have been contrived specially , with the help of a little direction from the cameraman in between shots . |
5 | The first is an invaluable collection of popular tunes with instructions for dancing to them , which reached its eighteenth edition around 1728 ; the second contains pieces for viols and vocal rounds and catches , a peculiarly English form of musical amusement which had flourished briefly in James I 's time ( Thomas Ravenscroft 's collections Pammelia , Deuteromelia , and Melismata , 1609–11 ) , languished for forty years , and now took a very much longer lease of life . |
6 | Reviewing McBride , Eliot quoted from that writer 's conclusion that , given proper education of mind and body , ‘ the next generation may start at a very slightly higher level of capacity than their fathers ’ . |