Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Coleman offered a glint of hope for Mr Bates , adding : ‘ This policy on ground-sharing was formed for very good reasons . |
| 2 | Three sardines tinned in tomato sauce , mashed , plus tomato slices ; or mashed tuna mixed with chopped green pepper and chopped cucumber , on a bed of shredded lettuce ; or cooked , skinned and mashed mackerel , mixed with very low-fat soft cheese , lemon juice and black pepper . |
| 3 | These may be large- or small-scale databases designed with very specific educational aims , to cater for a particular topic or part of a course , or for more general use in the school library . |
| 4 | Five feet from her sleeping mat the dead king lay on a low trestle , swaddled in red velvet decorated with very old beaded embroidery . |
| 5 | In both cases , the girls would have been brought up in a genteel atmosphere , although they might originally have come from very poor families . |
| 6 | She wore the New Look , a coat of beige gaberdine which fell in two swaying , graceful pleats from her waist at the back ( the swaying must have come from very high heels , but I did n't notice her shoes ) , a hat tipped forward from hair swept up . |
| 7 | For so long there has been no regulation or regulatory body who can impose standards upon the canopy designer and manufacturer and , as a direct conslequence of this omission , the quality of both have varied from very high to ‘ good grief is that thing legal ! ’ , all lwithout legal recourse . |
| 8 | So far we have considered in very general terms some of the differences in the manner of production of writing and speech . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It attracted considerable public attention and was also regarded as proof in certain circles that many elements in the society of Northern Ireland whose ultimate political purposes differed in very marked degree could cooperate in peaceful and lawful demonstration in favour of certain common and limited objectives . |
| 11 | A thermal imager uses detectors of cadmium mercury telluride , which detect infrared radiation when they are cooled to very low temperatures . |
| 12 | The front end receiving amplifiers were once elaborate parametric or maser types which were cooled to very low temperatures ( to reduce noise ) by elaborate cryogenic refrigeration systems . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Whatever the status of the Newhart decision , it is clear that it will be confined to very narrow limits since to allow any such action would interfere with the primary duties of the receiver to protect the interests of the security holder . |
| 15 | The earliest forms of writing were developed by and confined to very limited specialist ( usually official ) groups ; they were later somewhat extended in continued urban development and in merchant trade . |
| 16 | An even more potent example is the European eagle owl , which in forested regions produces prey assemblages of high diversity , reflecting the faunal composition in these regions , but in the collections from Qatar , where the same species lives in near-desert conditions , its prey assemblages are dominated to very large extent by a single species , which is also the most common large rodent in that part of the desert . |
| 17 | It is possible for the race to be won at very long odds , and on two or three occasions , assisted by Wigg , I had been able to locate the winning horse , or at least a horse in the first three , which , if the odds were long enough , nevertheless produced a satisfactory result . |
| 18 | We were offered a free half-hour demonstration spot at the Ideal Home Exhibition which was organised at very short notice . |
| 19 | Recently , the inducing chemical agents from the vegetal region have been identified and if added at very low doses to isolated animal caps , muscle will develop . |
| 20 | He had come across very few others not of the Kind , with that strength of vision . |
| 21 | In a year and a half of reading the literature on small schools , I have come across very few studies of any kind which purport to empirically test any aspect of these three assertions . |
| 22 | Industries dominated by very few giant firms may be ferociously competitive ; these few firms may invest at very high rates , as in Japan . |
| 23 | In the nineteenth century , most land in Britain was owned by very few landowners . |
| 24 | They reached the third round in four consecutive years , a feat equalled by very few lower division clubs at the time . |
| 25 | In the Habsburg States Maria Theresa displayed a courage and tenacity equalled by very few eighteenth-century rulers , while her son Joseph II , whatever his faults , did not lack energy and public spirit . |
| 26 | That is , falling in love is regulated and constrained by very powerful social factors : the odds against HRH Prince Edward falling in love with Elsie from the Tesco supermarket are very high indeed . |
| 27 | It is composed of large crystals , like bath salts , whereas Carrara is formed of very small crystals , like fine sugar . |
| 28 | Deals are done for very large sums at very small rates of profit . |
| 29 | Ever since she had left school Paula had worked in one of the big department stores in Bristol and she loved it , although the lengthy journey made for very long days and the bus fares ate holes in her meagre salary . |
| 30 | Such a laugh was made for very few . |