Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then entered the University College , London , to study zoology and stayed on to work with a very distinguished man , J B S Halldane on the genetics and behaviour of the fruit fly . |
| 2 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 3 | This fine-grained limestone is only developed over a very small area , usually thought of as a lagoonal deposit behind sponge reefs , though recently interpreted as deposits in offshore sediment traps . |
| 4 | At the other end of the scale , romantic interest would only exist at a very superficial level , and certainly there would be no question of relationships forming between the TARDIS incumbents . |
| 5 | It is merely intended as a very easy-to-fit deterrent which a car owner may use in place of an alarm or , as in the author 's car , the unit can complement an existing security system which previously had no visual deterrent . |
| 6 | This brochure is only intended as a very brief introduction to Carmarthen Bay & Teifi Valley . |
| 7 | But she had only checked in a very recent volume . |
| 8 | HIV is a very weak virus and can only survive for a very short time when it is exposed to air outside the human body . |
| 9 | A young girl who haunts the Feathers Hotel , a one time serving wench , and only seen by a very few . |
| 10 | For the foreseeable future , units involving the microcomputer as a teaching aid can only contribute to a very small proportion of curriculum time — at present certainly no more than a few hundred hours out of about 50,000 hours of ‘ different ’ teaching in the school curriculum for ages 5 to 18 . |
| 11 | What we were criticized and several senior councillors quite rightly said , the five thousand pound we were spending was only going to a very few . |
| 12 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 13 | The insecurities remain because they were so entrenched at a very important developmental time when as children they were dependent and let down . |
| 14 | Machismo is receiving some challenge from women 's movements and organisations , but these are only supported by a very small number of women . |
| 15 | So if you complain about your council tax , do n't , students are exempt anyway so that 's alright , if you complain about your council tax do n't because it only pays for a very small fraction of what local authorities spend . |
| 16 | These thoughts , which approached problems from many different angles , were not necessarily expressed in a very intellectual way . |
| 17 | Seb started , as though his mind had suddenly returned from a very long distance . |
| 18 | The cordon was eventually lifted at 1900 hours and the section flown home , only to prepare for a very full day 's patrolling on the following day . |
| 19 | If I am introduced as ’ Gill 's husband ’ , I am treated in a certain way ; if I am introduced as a Member of Parliament , I am generally treated in a very different way . |
| 20 | This city is not a place of much trade , nor is it very populous ; but they are lately fallen into a very particular way of managing the corn trade here , which it is said turns very well to account . |
| 21 | The trustee company will also be paid an annual fee , normally calculated as a very small percentage on the net asset value of the trust . |
| 22 | I 've just heard about a very good antique shop opening over at Warmly . |
| 23 | In fact I 've already heard of a very good job which would be just right for you , teaching the five daughters of an Irish family . |
| 24 | A minority of landlords commanded sufficient capital to adapt successfully to farming based on hired labour and greater mechanization , thus contributing to a very sharp rise in Russia 's grain exports . |
| 25 | Yet ironically , recent government policies have created a situation where more and more prisoners serving life and other long sentences have rather less to lose , for it has now been decreed that various categories of serious offender will not normally be considered for parole , or not considered for a very long time ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 26 | Whether to just photocopy off a very good original |
| 27 | She was not prepared for a very similar question being thrown at her . |
| 28 | The inflation in the early stages of the universe , which the no boundary proposal predicts , means that the universe must be expanding at very close to the critical rate at which it would just avoid recollapse , and so will not recollapse for a very long time . |
| 29 | I wonder if we could just finish with a very brief comment from you in a positive sense as to what would be your advice to somebody that 's unemployed ? |
| 30 | ‘ If you want me with you for a business meeting , ’ she protested huskily , ‘ you 're not acting in a very businesslike manner ! ’ |