Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just heard about a very good antique shop opening over at Warmly . |
| 2 | References may not be recommended where they could be appropriate or useful ; in other places , too many references can make for a very tedious search . |
| 3 | In a typical institutional kitchen the combination of floor tile , water , grease , food spills and so on can make for a very dangerous environment . |
| 4 | But the approach eschews vague yet important notions of fairness and integrity , and makes them subservient to what can be criticized as a very narrow view of cost . |
| 5 | The trustee company will also be paid an annual fee , normally calculated as a very small percentage on the net asset value of the trust . |
| 6 | Prost had come cheap — virtually free for the first year — and Niki had re-signed for a very large sum indeed . |
| 7 | I literally stopped seeing for a very long time . |
| 8 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 9 | The author craves to be forgiven for a very brief self-quotation in illustration of this from a work of his own : |
| 10 | Once he is asleep , he sleeps for a very long time — thousands of years in fact . |
| 11 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 12 | ‘ At issue is a major part of the transmission system catering for a very substantial part of the country 's generation capacity . ’ |
| 13 | Launch failures account for a very high proportion of gliding accidents , making cable break practice a very important aspect of glider training . |
| 14 | The four broad types I have mentioned account for a very large proportion of governmental activity , but each could be divided up into a number of smaller functions . |
| 15 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 16 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 17 | It is merely intended as a very easy-to-fit deterrent which a car owner may use in place of an alarm or , as in the author 's car , the unit can complement an existing security system which previously had no visual deterrent . |
| 18 | This brochure is only intended as a very brief introduction to Carmarthen Bay & Teifi Valley . |
| 19 | The DOS version is even cheaper — it goes for a very reasonable £59 . |
| 20 | They were n't so much being difficult as simply teasing , and it made for a very amusing if unproductive hour . |
| 21 | On a more positive note , the expedition did make port at the appointed hour on the appointed day , having spent several hours in a public house further up the estuary to avoid being early , which made for a very ‘ happy ’ reunion . |
| 22 | The guitar 's low profile , slight body and super-thin neck make for a very lightweight playing experience and I could n't detect any balance problems , either . |
| 23 | Well executed joiner work and solid timber nicely matched with face veneers of bulkheads make for a very pleasant ambience in the saloon . |
| 24 | Large leaps make for a very jagged contour , and the total-chromatic is fairly evenly spread , though there is an occasional recurrence of small note-groups . |
| 25 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 26 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 27 | We were sitting there waiting to hear what the guy at the other end of the phone thought about it and he came back saying , It 's the worst thing anyone here has heard for a very long time — actually I think he was a little more abusive than that , but he went on — I do n't like it and I do n't know anyone else who would . |
| 28 | It was certainly regarded as a very radical measure at the time . |
| 29 | The culprit is sent for and denounced , for this is regarded as a very serious crime . |
| 30 | he was regarded as a very very smart man |