Example sentences of "[noun sg] very [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A smith uses a hammer very differently to most tradesmen , never holds it at the bottom of the shaft , for the resulting whip means that power is lost so they always clench the tool near the head . |
| 2 | Even though there are both specific and general exemptions from this provision it is so important to the client that the solicitor must be at pains to explain its effect very carefully to an applicant for legal advice . |
| 3 | This not only marked the end of the Brezhnev Doctrine , it also heralded a rapid disintegration of the Soviet position in Eastern Europe , and brought the Cold War very definitely to an end . |
| 4 | When we 're researching our shows we explain the whole process very carefully to each woman who agrees to be interviewed ; they get paid for talking to us , they give feedback at all stages of the writing process — it 's very much done as a contract . |
| 5 | I would hope however that the committee members at North Yorkshire will see that the local feeling is so deep that the project itself can not be harmed by a public inquiry and they will make er they will take the decisions which will put this application in that direction and send that message very clearly to the Secretary of State . |
| 6 | The sand grains themselves are confined to a layer very near to the surface and thus their erosive effect is very limited in vertical extent , while surface creep can obviously affect only an extremely limited vertical range . |
| 7 | Acer Group Inc is hitching its wagon very closely to Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT 's star by developing a Mips Technologies Inc R4000/4400 six-chip chipset specifically for NT personal computers . |
| 8 | Modern cook-chill processes , using liquid nitrogen , chill partly cooked food very rapidly to just above freezing point at which temperature it will keep perfectly for several days . |
| 9 | Another effect of water-borne sound is that the dolphin " sees " its prey very differently to the bat . |
| 10 | Now turning from the structure very quickly to the style , one has I suppose to underline Proust 's insistence that a writer 's style must grow organically out of his thought , out of his conception of reality . |
| 11 | • During the first few days , expose the skin very gradually to the sun , especially if you are fair skinned . |
| 12 | Further excitement was Barney and Ronnie 's Moving Day : they moved with their two children from a house on the other side of the village to a house very near to us . |
| 13 | He is a very shrewd businessman who has taken full advantage of having a market very largely to himself and who is suffering a temporary setback as a result of the economy . |