Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would burn like arc lamps for a very short duration . |
| 2 | I know not , it may be that Mr is saying this is something that that never it 's never I 've never understood it to be er part of my practice or part of any solicitors practice to offer such a and if we have a solicitor er who has constantly practised in his skills for a very lengthy period of time , that is saying oh yes it is because this , as far as I 'm concerned , standard advice which solicitors should give to clients transactions . |
| 3 | Not only will the advent of records of achievement and GCSE together make considerable demands in this respect in terms of time , it will also require teachers to engage in in-service activities for a very wide range of different assessment procedures . |
| 4 | The linchpins , after all , were such traditionally unsocialist ( or even anti-socialist ) policies as a very severe incomes policy , a move from direct to indirect taxation , and swingeing cuts in public expenditure in both 1976–7 and 1977–8 . |
| 5 | Women regard the family planning programmes as a very mixed blessing . |
| 6 | Nobody participates in meetings for a very good reason : anything at all important is all sewn up before it ever gets on the agenda ’ . |
| 7 | But this merely shifts the problem where the conflict occurs and calls for a very careful examination of whether , and if so the way in which , the individual is exercising that right . |
| 8 | Hilda Lodge ( Kent ) has hung up her teaching cap , but will continue to wear her Executive and Publicity Committee hats for a very long time to come , we hope . |
| 9 | Warming occurs so slowly that the descending lithosphere retains its high density characteristics for a very long time . |
| 10 | If the farmer could eliminate all other factors and concentrate only on managing his leys ( and the soil on which they grow ) he might succeed in minimizing the effect of the ‘ years of depression ’ and maintain the new grasses and clovers for a very long time . |
| 11 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 12 | Six residents are currently living there and enjoying the comforts of a very homely atmosphere . |
| 13 | Oak and thorn always made powerful generative zones , and oak-thorn is a prime genesis zone for mythagos of a very primitive origin . |
| 14 | If I could not believe in the sovereignty of God when it was my son lying there how could I tell someone who came for counselling , suffering the whims of a very insensitive partner , ‘ You continue to honour God in this situation . |
| 15 | Although our sense of smell does not compare as favourably as some of our other senses , it allows us to detect tiny traces of a very wide range of complex chemicals . |
| 16 | Tim lived in a hole under the steps of a very old house . |
| 17 | Radio waves are electromagnetic waves with a very long wavelength , measurable in metres . |
| 18 | This leaves pension funds with a very wide range of powers over the selection and management of investments and this has attracted a degree of adverse attention in recent years . |
| 19 | One problem with this experiment is that it presented subjects with a very artificial task and , not surprisingly , various criticisms have been made by authors such as Hupet and Le Boudec ( 1977 ) and Schultz and Kamil ( 1979 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ I was shown these two kids in a very pitiful state and I just could n't do nothing . ’ |
| 21 | And , while a viewer must collude in Messager 's mysterious confessionals , Cadieux is interested in openness , in presenting ‘ very private images in a very public space ’ . |
| 22 | Cornerville man describes the gang member and his relationships in a very literal sense . |
| 23 | The curricular review for the age groups 5–14 years presents many exciting opportunities and during the year , the Mini Enterprise in Schools Project ( MESP ) was introduced to 100 primary schools in a very successful pilot scheme . |
| 24 | Not so with the GR-1 ; all of us here have sat and played it and no-one has had too much difficulty adjusting to the GR 's demands in a very short space of time . |
| 25 | As I told you , I have my eyes on a very different sort of market . |
| 26 | We have in this paper so far been much concerned with the systematic classroom development of teaching units , looking towards the publication of such units to a very wide audience . |
| 27 | They did the deed in nearby Abingdon Registry Office , thanks to a very sympathetic registrar who managed to enter into the spirit of things . |
| 28 | Thanks to a very favourable , sometimes glorious , October , my 10-rod plot is now reasonably ship-shape — the grass paths trimmed for their winter sleep ; the rubbish cleared ; the gooseberry and currant bushes pruned ; weeds cleared from overwintering onions , brassicas , and Swiss chard ; and some digging done . |
| 29 | ‘ Thanks to a very brave Englishman , ’ Fritz said gently , ‘ the King is alive . ’ |
| 30 | And now , thanks to a very neat bit of deduction , you know . |