Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the two factors together , the risks appear greatest where very low and very high ( 35 and over ) maternal age combines with short birth intervals and where women over age 34 have children after intervals of 6 and more years . |
| 2 | or 400 MN/m 2 while very strong wires may reach about 400,000 p.s.i . |
| 3 | If it had not been for an alliance of Dr Newman , consultant ecologist Doug Cross and Walter Roberts — three local residents who formed the Camelford Scientific Advisory Panel and conducted their own investigations — and for John Lewis , who lost his job , it is doubtful whether very much would ever have come out about the incident . |
| 4 | Mr Paull and his colleagues regarded this as very strange indeed . |
| 5 | Parents may interpret this as very loose stools . |
| 6 | We 'll be reporting this as very satisfactory progress when we return to Whitehall . ’ |
| 7 | Described to the French government in April 1720 as very gallant , and able in both diplomacy and the sciences , he was nevertheless criticized by one of George I 's diplomats , St Saphorin , for being too inclined to sharp practice . |
| 8 | Top : Train of Speedwing scoops , a simple though very entertaining kite . |
| 9 | Of course , Joanna might get a bit depressed if very little farm work came along , but maybe Robert Sheldrake 's gloomy prediction would prove to be wrong . |
| 10 | She did not teach much , for Fanny describes her own educational level as " no better than very vulgar reading ; or rather spelling , an illegible scrawl , and a little ordinary plain work " . |
| 11 | A mixed population of ECL cells and cells resembling P cells by the granule size was observed in patient no 5 while very heterogeneous cellular proliferation with a prominent ECL cell component was found in a fourth case ( case no 1 ) . |
| 12 | I think a failure , if it 's carefully manipulated is as good as very formal didactic teaching . |
| 13 | ‘ We had a glass of wine , but she refused to admit they were anything more than very good friends . |
| 14 | It is not possible to forecast in more than very general terms what the job opportunities will be in three or four years ' time . |
| 15 | These can never be anything more than very rough and ready guidelines . |
| 16 | These initiatives are really no more than very small , first steps towards finding out whether CD-ROM has anything worthwhile to offer schools . |
| 17 | If the flavour of his text so far is to be believed , Bozzy was as much a soldiering man as Coleridge , which is saying less than very little . |
| 18 | His playing is never less than very good , but he does occasionally tend to be a trifle straight-laced in the more contemplative works . |
| 19 | In practice this may not be onerous as very limited factual information is contained in the typical advertisement . |
| 20 | The loss could well be considerably higher , particularly if you are male or heavily overweight ; but over-high expectations can be just as demoralizing as very slow weight loss , so we are taking a restrained attitude . |
| 21 | At Bletchley I had begun to satisfy , however pathetically and inadequately , a desire to see the world about me , but then had neither the time nor the money nor the opportunity for anything other than very restricted local journeys . |
| 22 | It is said to be found at depths of around 30 metres and is , therefore , unlikely to be shipped in other than very restricted numbers . |
| 23 | Few guidelines , other than very broad statements such as ‘ the use of culturally valued means to enable people to lead culturally valued lives ’ ( Wolfensberger , 1980 ) exist to translate the new expectations into styles of working practice . |
| 24 | Often recommended for cleaning purposes , to avoid the spread of contamination inherent in the use of cloths , it does not have the mechanical properties necessary for anything other than very light soil removal . |
| 25 | I could not explain how I felt other than very special . |
| 26 | Having started with nothing other than very modest share capital more than 20 years ago , it is now a major player on the UK and international scene . |
| 27 | Of the six employed women among the present forty , two were assessed as satisfied with housework , two as dissatisfied and two as very dissatisfied . |
| 28 | Many have fickle requirements and others lie dormant until very precise conditions happen to come along . |