Example sentences of "[verb] [art] very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As such a concentration upon ‘ women as carers ’ neglects the very important contribution of male carers ( Arber and Gilbert 1989 ) . |
| 2 | It was on the tip of Breeze 's tongue to ask what was the matter , but she knew that Susan would condemn that as being too impulsive ; so she endured the very uncomfortable atmosphere for the rest of the drive . |
| 3 | This sets out to offer the full range of Fluka products alongside those of Sigma and Aldrich , but at a scale and price more appropriate to the needs of pilot or development plant , clinical trial or production level , while maintaining the very high levels of quality and service for which all three companies are renowned . |
| 4 | For the discussion of these categories it will be helpful to borrow the very clever metaphors with which Joseph Joachim , the famous 19th-century violinist , characterized the types of staccato as ‘ snow , ‘ rain ’ and ‘ hail ’ . |
| 5 | It was as if all that we had done … had been a school and a preparation both for that first day in which I suddenly knew how to make one-step dry photographic process and for the following three years in which we made the very vivid dream into a solid reality . |
| 6 | I see no reason why we should not have a pension scheme connected to restructuring , but the aid is supposed to affect the very small farms directly . |
| 7 | I was using the very fast 12-shot per roll film which estate agents use to make houses look good in the rain . |
| 8 | Given the very complex nature of France 's post-war politics , especially with regard to Algeria in the late 1950s it is hardly surprising that the SDECE , as the DGSE was then known , has found itself embroiled in numerous scandals . |
| 9 | Given the very recent appointment of a Head of Scientific & Technical Services , it has not been possible to formulate the likely requirements for laboratory computing for 1993/94 , but discussions during 1993 will enable us to plan this work from 1994/95 onwards . |
| 10 | While the success of the NSE students in the universities would confirm the findings of Walker , and Smithers and Griffin , care must be taken in drawing wider conclusions , given the very small numbers of NSE students in the universities in Molloy and Carroll 's study ( only 35 in total ) . |
| 11 | Given the very real threat of political vetting , many in the community think it is better to say nothing than risk the wrath of government . |
| 12 | Most significantly , perhaps , given the very deep commitment here to social justice and equality , moves are under way to establish a modern Socialist party . |
| 13 | Given the very high target he had set himself , he managed to achieve most of his objectives , conveying to the audience the complexity of his subject , and the reasons for its interest . |
| 14 | If the unholy alliance in favour of the National Curriculum is likely to come apart at the seams over the issue of resource , so also , given the very different aspirations of those who support its introduction , there is likely to be a parting of the ways over principles . |
| 15 | Only two patients thought that they had not been told enough , even though one of them had been given the very detailed sheet . |
| 16 | In other words , the requirement of leave may encourage the very sort of applications it is designed to weed out , especially given the very short time limit within which an AJR has to be commenced : it is safer to seek leave even if the applicant expects to settle the claim without further litigation . |
| 17 | Given the very patchy record of companies that have diversified into areas not related to their existing businesses or not requiring similar management skills , corporate managers ought always to bear in mind the option of planned divestment of inevitable dinosaurs with a view to returning cash to shareholders ( see Lorenz , 1988 ) . |
| 18 | I WISH to thank the very kind gentleman who gave me money when my purse was stolen from my handbag while I was shopping at Dunn 's store , St John 's Precinct . |
| 19 | To emphasise the very essential connection between the two modes of being , Hilton introduces the metaphorical interpretation of the Old Testament story of Jacob 's marriage to Leah and Rachel . |
| 20 | Since do evokes the very taking place in time of the infinitive 's event , it is obvious that it can not be conceived as arising prior to the latter , i.e. as constituting a before-position with respect to this event . |
| 21 | THE West Wight ladies ' guild announced the very pleasing results of its fund raising efforts for 1990 with a total of £17,833 being forwarded to Headquarters . |
| 22 | The Severn could not be considered a complete failure , however , for from it was developed the very successful Saro A.27 London flying-boat . |
| 23 | At any rate , it was difficult to see that the FAA had any good reason not to implement the very important recommendations made by their own US investigating authority , the NTSB , after the Windsor accident , especially as the RLD had gone to the trouble of flying to Los Angeles to make their point . |
| 24 | First the basic minimum was set at a very low level and was related to pre-war wages thus not reflecting the very steep increase in the prices of basic necessities . |
| 25 | She had broken the very solemn promises she had made on her wedding day , of course . |
| 26 | This represents the very abrupt onset of a period of sustained high productivity and diatom mat flux . |
| 27 | This idiom encourages the very bad habit of believing that life is going to be as neatly packaged as a school textbook . |
| 28 | I mean the very small number of girls that did get to university at the turn of the century had to endure the most extraordinary trials and hardships . |
| 29 | This could explain the very rare sightings ( a family of plesiosaurs , for instance , would surely be seen more often ) . |
| 30 | These popular films encapsulated the very appealing elements of adventure , travel , intrigue and discovery — and of course romance — and helped transform the dusty image of archaeology into a infinitely more attractive package . |