Example sentences of "[vb -s] very [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you think about the taxation issue , you know , the government in Westminster exercises very stringent controls over what local governments can spend , how much they can borrow , what they spend it on erm if they do n't like it they apply financial sanctions to , to local governments and if they really get up their nose they abolish the local government altogether . |
| 2 | If enough tokens occur , this type is the easiest one to deal with , and usually exhibits very sharp patterns of social divergence according to age and sex of speaker in studies such as ours . |
| 3 | Charlie , Avant-Garde stylist of the Year , holds very strong views about client relations and they are like music to the ear . |
| 4 | Thorny 's not strong enough , not as much as she would like , though she has very strong arms compared to most women . |
| 5 | It seems to imply , for one thing , that if someone has very strong preferences about what happens beyond his own person he thereby renders it important that certain things be done or left undone which have little or nothing to do with his personal life . |
| 6 | Using it inappropriately with someone who has very strong feelings on a subject may lead you to be regarded as insensitively self-opinionated . |
| 7 | She has very strong legs . |
| 8 | They attend Welsh language schools and Michael Vaughan has very strong roots in Wales , although Wendy Vaughan is originally from Derbyshire . |
| 9 | Secondly , publishing has very low barriers to entry . |
| 10 | The crossing has very tall piers and arches under the central tower . |
| 11 | It , too has very wide powers : |
| 12 | The Court of Appeal has very wide powers to remedy deficiencies in the decision under appeal and the grounds of appeal are not restricted in any way . |
| 13 | The secretary of state has very wide powers of making regulations ‘ in the interests of amenity or public safety ’ . |
| 14 | The SFO has very wide powers to examine personal bank accounts , examine documents and demand interviews , and call for fines in the courts if necessary . |
| 15 | A seemingly simple and straightforward phenomenon like a TNC opening a factory or an office ‘ offshore ’ ( in a foreign country ) has very wide ramifications . |
| 16 | which has very sharp bends and |
| 17 | He has very long-term views , Machiavellian almost . |
| 18 | Beto has very definite ideas on this . |
| 19 | She has very definite ideas on , and devotes two chapters to healthy eating and sensible weight control , which are applicable to anyone and discusses such thought provoking lines as ‘ Do you use foods to nourish your body every day or do you simply use your body as a rubbish bin for whatever food you find about in the kitchen ? ’ |
| 20 | Has very firm views of her own on most subjects , and she can be impatient with people who do not see things her way . |
| 21 | All this means that individuals feel estranged and confused by an event that has very powerful consequences in their life but which they did not witness and feel very frightened of . |
| 22 | Oh yes , one of the , one of the surprises of this was discovering that in fact one of the people who knew Florence Kelly and indeed worked for her for a while , and who herself set up a minimum wage board in Washington , in the District of Columbia , is indeed still alive , and has very powerful memories of , of both the people and the activities of the movement . |
| 23 | The latest Schlüter machine is the ‘ Magic ’ , which has very complex mechanics and a high all-up weight — 11½ lb in this case . |
| 24 | Although it is possible to produce a job description for a bureau manager ( see Appendix A ) , each bureau has very individual characteristics and consequently managers see their tasks differently . |
| 25 | Now he has very emotional reasons for carrying out this work . |
| 26 | Unisys customers , attending a bi-annual meeting of the Unisys Users ' Association in Amsterdam this month , were in favour of the new direction , but they feel it is time the company put its head above the parapet : ‘ Unisys has very good products , but they never tell anyone about them , ’ said one insurance company systems manager . |
| 27 | It has very good manners , she said to herself fancifully . |
| 28 | The case is not entirely a private family matter since it has very serious implications for society as a whole . |
| 29 | They say it has very rough bounds . ’ |
| 30 | An ice-cream tub with a lid which has very small holes punched in it make a good container for the culture . |