Example sentences of "very [adv] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Kalmu was launched on a highly successful career as a shamanistic seer and miracle-worker which enabled him to acquire both wealth and power and hence to compensate very effectively for the severe disabilities under which he laboured on account of his low caste origins . |
| 2 | Mum said , ‘ Thank you very much for the driving bed , Mr Bennet , ’ but he shook his head . |
| 3 | The temperature could be regulated very exactly for the different needs of caldarium and tepidarium . |
| 4 | Whereas previously those who had wealth to bequeath typically provided very handsomely for the eldest son , and at a much reduced level for the rest of their children , a practice became common which implied that children had roughly equal claims on a parent 's resources , with some distinction made on grounds of gender so that women and men inherited different kinds of property . |
| 5 | It shares ear markings with the tiger , very probably for the same reason , to provide a signal for the cubs to follow , especially at night , when their mother leads them through dense jungle . |
| 6 | This is because humans and dogs rely most on chasing and trapping their prey , whereas cats prefer to lurk in ambush and listen very carefully for the tiniest sound . |
| 7 | Within the overall pattern we must look very carefully for the local variations , realize the implications of both soil and climate , and plan our holding to make the most of the resources . |
| 8 | But we 'll watch very carefully for the three Luxembourgs at the end of the week , just in case he 's planning a fresh revolt on the stage . ’ |
| 9 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 10 | External examiners work very hard for the Modular Course and play an important part in the progressive assessment of students . |