Example sentences of "[verb] at the very [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mehrabad , as previously mentioned , was attacked at the very beginning of the war . |
| 2 | Signs that there had been loss of control appear at the very beginning of James 's reign when commissioners hearing private suits to the King were ordered not to give reversions to places of consequence . |
| 3 | The cells are lost from the tips of the folds and the stem cells are located at the very base of the folds . |
| 4 | Located at the very heart of San Francisco on Union Square , this elegant and historic hotel is arguably San Francisco 's finest , and offers a wide range of facilities and excellent accommodation to the discerning traveller . |
| 5 | No , she had not wanted that , not Papa 's shrewd eyes on her ; she had shivered at the very thought . |
| 6 | Referring to the customer , he said : ‘ He was committed at the very moment that he put his money into the machine . |
| 7 | These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets . |
| 8 | The practitioner travels in all directions , executing various movements , with the final technique ending at the very point where he began . |
| 9 | It was to this area that the Hasteds had come at the very beginning of the 19th century ; previously their home had been in the City , in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Olave , Hart Street , but like many of their contemporaries they made the pilgrimage east . |
| 10 | Sanjurjo perished at the very outset when the plane taking him back to Spain from his Portuguese exile crashed on take-off . |
| 11 | The Coroner was in his early forties , a gaunt , greying man , with thick spectacles perched at the very end of his nose . |
| 12 | A key element here is ‘ the principle of bounded rationality ( which ) lies at the very core of organization theory , and at the core , as well , of any ‘ theory of action ’ that purports to treat of human behaviour in complex organizations ' ( Simon , 1957b , p. 200 ) . |
| 13 | But with stunning clarity they demonstrate again how the great reformer has unleashed forces which he and his country no longer control , and which now are playing on the German Question itself , the issue which lies at the very heart of today 's European order . |
| 14 | Cleopatra 's gradual development , from scheming flirt to a woman who finds herself deeply in love , lies at the very heart of the opera . |
| 15 | ‘ ... there is a resistance to identity which lies at the very heart of psychic life . ’ |
| 16 | It is this conundrum that lies at the very heart of the Section 28 debate — not to mention Labour 's problems with it . |
| 17 | A feeling of failure lies at the very heart of Serb nationalism , and with that come all the various justifications for this failure : all the various Cominterns , masonries and their unbelievable plots . |
| 18 | The prime consideration should be the evaluation and use of evidence , which lies at the very heart of the historical method . |
| 19 | Local authorities were anxious to redevelop the area as soon as possible , as it lies at the very heart of the town 's commercial district . |
| 20 | This duty which every partner owes to each of his co-partners lies at the very heart of the partnership relationship . |
| 21 | By designating such materials as in varying degrees precious they have created symbols of excellence , a quality which stems from aesthetic awareness but the striving for which lies at the very root of the civilizations created by man . |
| 22 | ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution . |
| 23 | Neglect of the educational needs of people starts at the very beginning . |
| 24 | One further return to Carolingian precedent occurred at the very end of Louis VII 's reign , when coinage from the king 's mints and bearing his image began to circulate outside the royal demesne for the first time since the late ninth century . |
| 25 | It should be harnessed at the very moment . ’ |
| 26 | The frequency of political discussions rose sharply between the pre-campaign week and the final campaign , but then it continued to rise steadily throughout the campaign to peak at the very end . |
| 27 | Best done at the very start of an investigation . |
| 28 | The rig change is done at the very end of the turn which will involve a few seconds of clew first sailing |
| 29 | Fabia gasped , appalled at the very idea . |
| 30 | Our shooting permits , after what had been eleven months of filming , were due to expire that evening and , though shot at the very end , the sequence on Anak Krakatoa was intended to introduce the very beginning of our whole ten years of adventure films . |