Example sentences of "[adv] very [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on a bit but he 's basically very good-hearted and kind . |
| 2 | Placing Irigaray 's work in the context of Freudian and post-Freudian theory , Whitford suggests that Irigaray 's apparently very traditional and essentialist use of symbolism has a strategic function , like that of Derrida 's analyses , designed to draw attention to the underpinnings of Western metaphysics , in order to undermine them . |
| 3 | And I find it somehow very encouraging that television can present us with real people instead of the usual cyphers and still strike such deep and resonant chords in so many . |
| 4 | It is not very surprising that government and state should often appear as synonymous for it is the government which speaks on the state 's behalf . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , synthetic , stable , orally-active PG analogues are not very effective as antiulcer drugs . |
| 6 | It is not very clear whether section 17(2) adds a third element or is subsumed in ( b ) , but it is clear that it was intended to be more difficult to obtain an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases than in others . |
| 7 | I was not very old when Dad told me that if you stood under it for very long , it would attract the coins out of your pocket . |
| 8 | Prediction from context is not normally very efficient since language is essentially unpredictable . |
| 9 | Whereas if someone who is normally very placid and kind became ill , say with an earache and at the same time became irritable and bad tempered , then this would be a highly significant symptom . |
| 10 | Water condition : Soft , preferably very soft and acid , with a pH of 6.0–6.8 |
| 11 | She never rushed anywhere ; she was always very graceful and calm . |
| 12 | Shock , but after a while their limbs 'll start trembling and they become very confused , now a person , a perfectly nice person , oh , you know , always very helpful and kind can suddenly become aggressive and they really do become aggressive and , if they go to violence their strength , oh where they get it from god only knows , but they could literally throw a person across the room . |
| 13 | The individual cow-pats are often still very hot and plastic when they hit the ground , so that as they pile up one on top of each other , they spread out further , and weld together , forming a solid mass known as spatter . |
| 14 | ‘ There are exceptions , like Pizza Express , which has survived for so long and is still very successful because quality is paramount . |
| 15 | With glass , for instance , the molecular structure is only disturbed to a comparatively shallow depth below the fracture surface and W is generally around 6 J/m 2 — in other words about six times G — and so , although lg , the critical crack length , is six times as high as it otherwise would be , it is still very short and glass is a brittle material . |
| 16 | A wonderfully romantic addition to any garden , they are also very practical as pigeon manure is particularly rich in nitrogen . |
| 17 | It 's also very good if board members can attend to er not merely to support the staff er and to celebrate the event but also , if necessary , to talk to the press or to er engage er with guests and so on and so forth . |
| 18 | It is also now very clear that chance plays an enormous part in determining which creatures survive , and where . |
| 19 | For your younger members often very important but competition is part of the process . |
| 20 | There comes a time , of course , when your life seems to revolve around very little but hospital wards , white coats , foul-smelling flower-water and comatose doctors . |
| 21 | There is no doubt that , superficially at least , the transsexual consents , is indeed very anxious that surgery be carried out . |