Example sentences of "[art] [adj] or very " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frail or very elderly account for an increasing number of pensioners , and that emphasises the importance of nursing home and residential care . |
| 2 | This year — 1991 — results have been quite different and we have had a heavy crop , 70% of which was in the large or very large grades and the berries were full of juice and flavour . |
| 3 | Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps — not ideal for the infirm or very young children . |
| 4 | The larger or very intensive farmers had generally used training to prepare themselves and their men much better than the smaller units . |
| 5 | It now makes perfect sense to give a remedy that is capable of bringing about the same or very similar healing responses , that is symptoms , to the healing response which is occurring in the patient as shown by his individual symptoms . |
| 6 | If the elements placed in theme position in the source text can easily and naturally be placed in theme position in the target text , the method of development of the two texts will be the same or very similar . |
| 7 | If there are too many hypotheses with the same or very similar scores , and the cost of the path increases with its length then the algorithm will explore the search space on a broad front , regardless of the accuracy of the estimate . |
| 8 | The anxiety created by the boredom of being locked all night and most of the day in a stable or very small yard with little to look at , forces the horse to create some activity for itself which will help relieve the boredom . |
| 9 | I 'm not a fast or very good sketcher , evident by the early stages of the demonstration piece ! |
| 10 | I 'm not a fast or very good sketcher , evident by the early stages of the demonstration piece ! |
| 11 | Much of rural Britain has a non-existent or very rudimentary bus service , and about one-quarter of all the rural parishes of lowland England have fewer than one bus daily . |
| 12 | of river water in the United Kingdom is judged to be of a good or very high standard is something of which I am enormously proud . |
| 13 | Where the coast has deep water offshore a fall in base level means the formation of a vertical or very steep cliff . |
| 14 | Though it may be possible to get professional or voluntary back-up for a few hours a day or a few days a week , an old or very sick and disabled person needs constant nursing and supervision round the clock . |
| 15 | The usual qualification required for admission to study for a research degree and for some taught postgraduate courses is a first degree with an excellent or very good classification ( first or upper second class honours in the UK ) . |