Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the very " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ MPs do n't seem to go for the very expensive end of the Indian restaurant market , ’ says Peter Grove . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is difficult to justify many of the cases where tapping is strongly suspected on the ground that it was necessary for the detection of really serious crime or to deal with major subversion , even allowing for the very wide definition of subversion announced by Lord Harris of Greenwich in 1975 when he said that |
| 3 | The latissimus dorsi account for the very impressive ‘ V ’ shape of athletes and bodybuilders . |
| 4 | An assessment framework was developed by the SSCC study team for trial as a preliminary stage of the SMP scheme intended for the very lowest attaining third and fourth year students . |
| 5 | It wo n't surprise you to hear that I 'm not the first to recognise the beauty of this region of South Wales — it was officially recognised in 1956 when it was designated as the very first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Britain . |
| 6 | and after a time you know you say ha and you just because the lawyer for the other side always goes for the very worst scenario |
| 7 | Again Mozart 's composition of the arias was delayed through the very late arrival of some of the principal singers : |
| 8 | They felt it would be a good idea if they extended these ideas to the subject of physics , and we were asked at the university to try for the very first time to run a set of these master classes for children aged thirteen to fourteen in physics , to see if we could transmit some of the excitement and pleasure of doing physics to children at that crucial stage in their scientific development in schools . |
| 9 | HCI cares about the very young too . |
| 10 | For both males and females there is a U-shaped pattern of consultations , with the highest rates being reported for the very young . |
| 11 | As for national health service resources , the hon. Gentleman will know of the very large real-terms increases that have been made — in excess , in fact , of the real-terms increases promised by the Opposition at the last general election . |
| 12 | If it was pointed out that in mixed-ability classes too little was now being expected of the very clever child , teachers tended to reply that such children could look after themselves , and required , or deserved , no special consideration . |
| 13 | This lies behind the very large number of habitual activities that make up the routines of ordinary day-to-day life . |
| 14 | Obviously it may be too early to answer some of these questions fully , but the fact that I , in common with the majority of arts teachers working in secondary schools in this country , have been grappling with the very difficult process of assessing , marking and moderating the work of the first batch of pupils to take the GCSE examination will , I believe , give added force to some of the things I intend to say . |
| 15 | And equally I disagree with the very poor performa poor sorry poor performance given er er in particular to the A nineteen north . |
| 16 | The problem for any intelligence agency , East or West , is whether to take a politician at his word when he is publicly declaring a desire for greater friendship and understanding with the very same people against whom the covert operation is intended . |
| 17 | We eat well and sleep in the very comfortable barn ; the war has gone on — over the horizon . |
| 18 | The answer surely lies in the very curious political situation of early modern Scotland . |
| 19 | All of this helps us to realise that a great miracle lies in the very handing on of faith . |
| 20 | My Lords , the short answer to this lies in the very extensive powers which Lord Chetwode [ the settlor ] had over the assets of the settlement and so over the share capital of Attleborough . |
| 21 | No amount of reflection on first principles will stop a Christian from assuming that the morality demanded of women , which in Islam he judges to be imposed by the physically stronger sex in its own interests , is in his own religion true to the equality of the sexes before God ; not until women become conscious of and vocal about their own interests does he appreciate that the difference from Islam has from the very first been only one of degree . |
| 22 | The time-scale ranged from the very short-term to the comparatively long-term : from daily to yearly , with many intermediate steps . |
| 23 | The outrage in India stemmed from the very same reasons . |
| 24 | If audio-visual items could be included in the very simple card catalogue systems previously devised for school libraries , they felt that the retrieval argument was over : a very comfortable conclusion for those who did not In any case understand indexing principles very thoroughly , were not very interested in the activity and valued most of all their own face-to-face contact with the clientele , making up in personal ( and psychologically boosting ) service for the shortcomings of their own indexes . |
| 25 | This position helps prevent the excessive trunk activity which might happen when the patient is standing erect , and it helps the patient to work from the very lowest part of the back , at the pelvis . |
| 26 | The Convention can not be invoked in the English courts to strike down ministerial or bureaucratic actions which imperil free speech : such actions can only be attacked on the very limited " judicial review " basis offered by domestic law , ie if they are unreasonable , irrational or perverse . |
| 27 | I like this very much as an easy summer skirt — three pieces knitted right across your machine , hooked back on to fewer stitches for a small yoke to avoid bulk at the waist — equally becoming to the very slender or larger lady . |
| 28 | It behaves just like Tit for Tat itself after the first move , but — this is what makes it technically nasty — it does defect on the very first move of the game . |
| 29 | I muttered something about not wanting to trample over the very different memories they must all have of Conor , talked a little about the family 's surprise at finding that their son had such an extensive social and business life . |
| 30 | Weasels , in any case , very rarely tackle mature rabbits , preferring to concentrate on the very small ones and on even smaller mammals . |