Example sentences of "for very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopefully you wo n't have to stay here for very long anyway . ’ |
| 2 | On a normal tow , except for very low performance machines , the climbing angle of the towplane and glider is much steeper than the glider 's gliding angle when flying downwind . |
| 3 | Conversely I discovered that it could cut with the disc flat , or at a slight angle , and I can see it having benefits for very fine work . |
| 4 | 11 June saw the reopening of a station closed thirty-five years previously and the opening of the first new inner-London station for very many years : Hackney Central and Hackney Wick on the ‘ Cross Town Link Line ’ between North Woolwich and Camden Road , a promise of greater things to come . |
| 5 | He has two kinds of Test performance — five for very few , and none for a lot , and this was looking like the latter . |
| 6 | ‘ The neighbouring countries would be the first to suffer from more general sanctions against South Africa , and for very understandable reasons have not imposed them themselves . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got a nasty feeling he may need to jack up interest rates further , but possibly not for very long . ’ |
| 8 | By and large , he was saying what most ordinary people think : that it is not a good idea for very young girls to embark on motherhood , especially if they are poor or a bit dim . |
| 9 | The formal rules and regimen are not the bases for the ways in which ordinary policemen perform their tasks , for very few rankers follow even a proportion of the management 's rules of conduct ( for example see Bittner 1967 ; Cain 1973 ; Chatterton 1976 , 1979 ; Eticson 1982 ; Holdaway 1980 , 1983 ; Manning 1977 , 1979 ; Punch 1979a ; Rubinstein 1973 ; Wilson 1968 ) . |
| 10 | However , one of the problems with fan clubs is that they tend to operate for very young people . |
| 11 | It is quite true that the Americans were at least as worried about the British as the British were about them , but for very different reasons . |
| 12 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 13 | But in the developing countries of Asia , Africa and Latin America , parents live in mortal fear of these diseases — and for very good reason . |
| 14 | ‘ Normally , I go for very sporty clothes , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The fascination of these closed communities and hemmed-in lives , that recur in my work , is that they breed a certain ignorance , can be the breeding ground for very extreme , absurd emotional releases . ’ |
| 16 | Hence the first floor is a sort of piano nobile , a recent and foreign innovation which did not catch on for very long in smaller English country houses . |
| 17 | All that took some five hours for very little result . |
| 18 | Friendship , I fear , counts for very little when the fur really begins to fly . |
| 19 | No slip was found under normal working torques , and the ‘ stepless ’ action allowed for very small twist reversals before drive picked up again — useful in a confined space . |
| 20 | Swedish maker Valmet — never one to stay with one importer for very long — has moved out of the Benson camp and set up its own UK importer . |
| 21 | It has shown itself all at once , she can not remain at home for very much longer . ’ |
| 22 | In the same way , the frequent coinage reforms of the late Roman empire or late Anglo-Saxon England made it unlikely that the previous issues survived for very long after the date of the reform . |
| 23 | ‘ If you let the pace drop you would not be on the pitch for very long . |
| 24 | Third , visit popular attractions during lunch ( 12 to 2 ) , or when the afternoon or evening character parades are on ; these are entertaining for very small children , but a bit slow for adults . |
| 25 | But Mr Coleman offered a glint of hope for Mr Bates , adding : ‘ This policy on ground-sharing was formed for very good reasons . |
| 26 | The weather dictated that stock must remain indoors for very long periods . |
| 27 | None of the earlier owners seem to have held on to the property for very long , for in 1647 , it was acquired by the Earl of Pembroke , then shortly afterwards , it was sold to Lord Pawlet , who is reported to have entertained General Fairfax at Chiswick House , on a number of occasions . |
| 28 | 1932 was a momentous year in Chiswick , which had found itself almost isolated and unable to expand due to the River Thames cutting it off from the County of Surrey , and the boundary of Hammersmith to the east , being also the boundary with the London County Council ; with little or no contact or matters of interest with Acton to the north , but nevertheless a narrow link with Brentford , to the west ( Chiswick High Road had been called the Brentford Road for very many years ) , which link was considerably enhanced by the construction of the Great West Road . |
| 29 | Indeed it is fairly common for very young children to invite Daddy to be the Big Bad Wolf in order to test the boundaries between reality and make-believe . |
| 30 | All employers , except for very small businesses , will be obliged to invest a minimum amount on training their workforce or make a contribution to the local or national training effort . |