Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In men undergoing elective inguinal hernia repair a very detailed account of what might go wrong does not increase patient anxiety significantly and has the advantage of allowing patients a fully informed choice before they consent to surgery , thus reducing the potential for subsequent litigation . |
| 2 | ‘ One of the problems of the site is the authorities want a very grandiose scheme with the roadworks , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 3 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 4 | If the Comintern , too , decided that the anti-fascist coalition would be weakened in Vietnam by national independence , itself something of a bourgeois concept , and if the Indochina Communist Party followed suit , no matter how reluctantly , it would at a stroke lose a very significant part of its political appeal . |
| 5 | Because of the good quality of data supplied and the high coverage obtained , we are satisfied that the resultant estimates of the employment generated by the industry provide a very accurate and detailed analysis of the economic significance of the Scotch Whisky industry . |
| 6 | The Board of Inland Revenue issue a very helpful free booklet entitled Income Tax and the Elderly , which can be obtained from any Inland Revenue office . |
| 7 | It is often argued that survey data give a very limited analysis of managerial policies which are developed over a period to deal with specific problems and this study should help to test such methodological criticisms . |
| 8 | But the densely populated central provinces present a very different picture . |
| 9 | A matchless peak overlooking a superb cirque and with a steep buttress of Stob a'Chearcaill a very committing moment along the skyline indeed . |
| 10 | Grouse " potted whole , stowed singly into pots with clarified butter poured over " as described by Professor Saintsbury ( the old boy did n't miss much ) are infinitely enticing , exceedingly extravagant with butter and not very practical for these days , but you can make one young cooked grouse or partridge go a very long way by the simple method of chopping the flesh , freed from all skin and sinew with about one quarter of its weight in mild , rather fat , cooked ham . |
| 11 | The person between the Parks Department and the erm this contract in , they are two separate departments and there 's no doubt about it , the Parks Department do a very good job . |
| 12 | ‘ I think Mrs Harper and Miss Burge do a very good job under rather difficult conditions , said Ianthe , ‘ after all the whole place is very small and the kitchen especially so . ’ |
| 13 | But most journalists take a very negative line on things . |
| 14 | Ectotherms have a very short heart-brain separation . |
| 15 | The members of the Royal College need a very large quantity of scientific evidence indeed , drawn from many sources , before they will commit themselves so far . |
| 16 | I sometimes think dentists have a very interesting relationship with their patients . |
| 17 | This speculation would accord with the fact that some patients with myelodysplasia and a 5q deletion have a very low risk of transformation ( eg , 5q syndrome ) whereas in other myelodysplasia patients a 5q deletion is associated with poor prognosis ( eg , secondary MDS ) . |
| 18 | The writings of these authors have a very particular literary function . |
| 19 | Sutcliffe 's data show that these speakers have a very clear idea of what , for them , constitutes a basilectal utterance . |
| 20 | Watt was not alone as an engineer and canal-builder , and his work laid the foundations of the industrial north of England , together with Thomas Telford of Dumfriesshire , greatest of the early civil engineers , William Symington , who designed and built the first steamship in the world as well as giving poet Robert Burns a rough ride during its promotional voyage on Dalswinton Loch , Henry Bell and his Comet , Nasmyth , there is nae doot that the Scots have a very special genius . |
| 21 | Bernstein and Reynolds give a very full treatment of the subject , much of which turns on the interpretation of provisions in commercial leases . |
| 22 | On Saturday 18 July , Congress excursions visit a very wide range of sites in and around Berlin . |
| 23 | Shortly afterwards , she appointed John Bacon [ q.v. ] as supervisor , and his neo-classical models set a very high standard of design . |
| 24 | Victorian and Edwardian models fetch a very good price ! |
| 25 | There are no ultimate advantages or disadvantages , and such companies offer a very successful but different approach to organisation and management development which minimises the need for executive search consultants . |
| 26 | Large companies constitute a very small proportion of the total population of firms ( ’ firm ’ refers to all forms of business organisation , not only those that are incorporated ) . |
| 27 | In other versions of the myth a spruce tree grows on the spot where Attis buries his genitals ; and in the Attis and Cybele cult in particular , and in agricultural ritual in general , trees , May-poles , wooden pillars and crosses play a very important part . ) |
| 28 | Everything is going right and the act have a very good chance of success . |
| 29 | When however we turn to women , items of clothing have a very different signification , a signification corresponding to women 's lack of power in the society . |
| 30 | Finally , the principles that generate implicatures have a very general explanatory power : a few basic principles provide explanations for a large array of apparently unrelated facts . |