Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed many are still advice workers and are thus constantly furnished with very real on-going practical experience to support their tutoring role . |
| 2 | ‘ They broadcast the show and at the end of it Christopher Trace [ one of the presenters ] said something like , ‘ Whoever designed the Daleks really deserves a gold Blue Peter badge ’ , which is the badge they only award for very , very special achievements . |
| 3 | This is presumably because the situation was not foreseen : the Code takes a very strict line on questioning after charge , a course of action only permitted in very narrowly defined circumstance under caution ( para . |
| 4 | Scientifically known as the aurora borealis , the lights , as their name suggests are normally only seen in very northern areas . |
| 5 | A further problem is that although we should be glad that speed control measures are encouraged more strongly than they were in 1977 , they are only applied to very small developments . |
| 6 | But this was a term that I think was only applied to very few parents , on the whole , it really , it was not a sort of ‘ Parents are a nuisance ’ is not a general belief of , of teachers at all , not today . |
| 7 | It is also that the perspectives necessarily adopted by very different interest groups , some of which we have tried to reproduce here , will contain a degree of indeterminacy of translation between themselves . |
| 8 | However , the singularity theorems that Roger Penrose and I proved show that space-time will become highly curved on very small scales . |
| 9 | It is clear that such a justification not only depends on very special circumstances but is essentially parasitic . |
| 10 | The top shelf was reserved for one of Mum 's wedding presents , a floral decorated bone china tea service , only used on very special occasions , which we all treated with great respect . |
| 11 | It was a wholly objectionable idea , it was rightly opposed by very nearly everybody who spoke in the debate and the Government has withdrawn from that decision and that I welcome unreservedly but My Lords a great deal that is objectionable remains in Clause two of this Bill . |
| 12 | The second is that it can obviously vary from very poor to very good , and an individual 's welfare will be different at different times . |
| 13 | Animals with much simpler ears and brains than us can reduce the problem further by only responding to very narrow frequency bands . |
| 14 | Moreover , his or her vote will be taken together with large numbers of other votes , perhaps motivated by very different policy preferences . |
| 15 | Amongst the many things Sue and Colin have worked on , the walled garden is much improved with very pretty herbaceous borders and a lawn laid out with parasoled tables and chairs , where guests can relax with a drink on a warm summer 's evening . |
| 16 | Onshore surveys include much work with very practical applications . |
| 17 | Work is very rarely performed by a man without the aid of some machinery and correspondingly machines rarely function for very long without human intervention . |
| 18 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 19 | As her swing got better and better , so she revealed an attitude and inner calm which are not given to very many . |
| 20 | Again , while distraction can cause forgetting during the day , this is normally confined to very recent memories which have no obvious meaning ( such as unfamiliar telephone numbers that have just been looked up ) . |
| 21 | Now we are getting somewhere in our understanding of the behaviour of these fish for at night time they can often be easily caught in very clear water . |
| 22 | The decision to offer a place is not an easy one and it is not made without very careful consideration of each candidate 's proposal . |
| 23 | Puppies do not grow into very large ears , as some people try to tell you . |
| 24 | If you 're that spare about the images you choose to show of a city , you can create a feeling of an entire world just seen through very limited vision . |
| 25 | The major limb bones also showed signs of erosion , particularly of prominent ridges and crests , but breakage did not occur until very advanced stages of abrasion when the bone was worn right through across a prominence , and this only occurred after the bones were extensively rounded . |
| 26 | I did not hope for very much when I began my Alexander lessons , because of my past experiences . |
| 27 | Initially this will not amount to very much , but as you increase your distance you will need to step up your intake more . |
| 28 | You will also need some willpower , but we are not asking for very much . |
| 29 | Further , they are not dealt with very successfully by the company from one or more aspects such as technology or sales or servicing . |
| 30 | If you are contemplating having sex with someone who you have not known for very long , and do not know much about , you are strongly advised to use a condom during intercourse . |