Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and very [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course Luiza should n't be paired with the lanky and very young tenor ; they 'd have to replot the run-up to that part so that she came into the ballroom with someone else . |
2 | Managers do not want to start factories , shops , or entertainments in the rural areas because there are few workers there and the old and very young have little money to spend . |
3 | Only 4 miles from Blore is the old and very pretty market town of Ashbourne which boasts a cobbled square and magnificent 14th-century church . |
4 | And er , concludes from the observation of his own children I suspect that the vague and very real fears of children , which are quite independent of experience , are inherited effects of real dangers , and abject superstitions during ancient times . |
5 | Vance Jordan also bought the early and very strong Max Weber Cubist ‘ Interior With Men ’ ( lot 132 est. $75–100,000 ) for $90,000 ( £56,250 ) . |
6 | The second and very obvious point that needs to be stated is that if the justices , having fulfilled their duty to make independent investigation of the terms proposed by consent , reach the initial conclusion that those terms are in some respect deficient then before imposing other terms on the parties they must indicate the nature of their departure and give all the parties a fair opportunity to make submissions on their tentative conclusion . |
7 | Hardy was describing in fiction the real and very harsh position that unmarried mothers from the poorer sections of society found themselves in . |
8 | Four members of Farnham Triathlon Club competed in the hard and very testing Lord Wandsworth cross-country race over 4–1/2 miles . |
9 | The large and very enthusiastic entertainments team create a welcoming atmosphere and ensure that there are plenty of activities to keep everyone happy . |
10 | They explored the drawing-room next — or perhaps that is too formal a name for the large and very cheerful room on the other side of the hall . |
11 | Once at the College we settled into the homely and very adequate accommodation before having a light snack . |
12 | Citrus yellow and sea blue are just two of the vibrant and very summery colours used in Debenham 's latest range of tablelinen — a great and inexpensive way to brighten up any table . |
13 | The famous and very beautiful areas of Dovedale and Manifold Valley provide many delightful walks , and a little further afield , high up on the moors , near to the source of the Rivers Dove and Manifold in the village of Flash ( England 's highest village ) the only wild wallabies in England may be seen . |
14 | She wondered if the shredded look was at the almost unthinkable idea of a woman Prime Minister or at Cassie 's trenchant dismissal of Britain 's wartime defences ; but for the moment the confident and very arrogant ‘ leave everything to me , I know what I 'm about ’ look had been most thoroughly squashed . |
15 | But the long and very flat strip of vines immediately to your left , which extend back to the A4 motorway , are inferior to Verzenay 's poorest vines ; these are the vineyards of Sillery . |
16 | The Chief Environmental Health Officer , Tony Fenn , says he 's concerned the sickness and diarrhoea which was caused by contaminated water at Farmoor reservoir , could endanger the lives of the elderly and very young if it re-occurred . |
17 | But in the opening paragraphs of Crime and Punishment consciousness has found a home in the unnamed and very physical young man who leaves his stuffy little top room and slips downstairs like a cat , out into the street . |
18 | Nick Faldo , keeping a keen eye later in the evening back at his hotel on the sporadic and very fleeting general election results , did not seem unduly perturbed by his 71 . |
19 | Looking back as an ordinary member , it is clear the buying out episode must have been irksome in the extreme and very wearing for a group of unwitting members who volunteered at this point in time to serve the Club and whose prime interest was a round of golf ! |
20 | The fourth and very important principle which operates in personal care is gender . |
21 | The Alliance for Progress reforms were absurd , given the enormous and very basic lack of educational materials available in the majority of state schools . |
22 | John Wood ( who later left the BBC to work on feature films ) was the first , cutting his teeth on the grandiose and very expensive ‘ The Web Planet ’ serial , with Spencer Chapman second on ‘ The Space Museum ’ . |
23 | Meantime a small entourage travelled out to Compass Point to meet with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth , formerly of the weird and very wonderful Talking Heads , who had previously worked at the studio under the guise of Tom Tom Club . |
24 | When a suitable pilot in the shape of the cheerful and very able Alcock appeared they were more than eager to make the attempt . |
25 | The unsuspecting and very sloshed Mr Harding was bundled out of the pub and into the back of Armstrong with the four girls in various stages of undress . |
26 | It would seem sensible that strategies to help Sheffield , with the recent and very sudden collapse of its steel industry , may not be able to assist Liverpool or Newcastle , where steel has never been an important industry and where decline has been long-term . |
27 | Although still nominally under the CID organizational structure , and still holding the title of detective , I was detailed to deal with the new and very ambiguous ‘ prig ’ — the drug user . |
28 | The main and very unsatisfying conclusion that I have reached may he expressed in the title I sometimes give to a lecture on the subject : " There 's something damn funny about the stratigraphical record " . |
29 | This is done by , among other things , the sharing of stories , exchange of gossip , and a friendly and very sharp banter ( at which policemen are very good ) , during which sergeants sometimes have to struggle to rise above the one-line wit and are often themselves forced to succumb ( on the use of rituals at the beginning of work in American police departments see Niederhoffer 1967 ) . |
30 | With a wonderful smell of lemons and a tart/tangy flavour it was a dry and very pleasant . |