Example sentences of "[verb] that very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are praying that very ordinary people will be called to a very special task . |
| 2 | Beyond them lies that very mysterious region , the centre of the Galaxy , about which we know very little at the moment . |
| 3 | Beddington had lived long enough to know that very few people were quite what the public considered them . |
| 4 | In view of the widespread discussion ( and agreement ) about IT skill shortages during 1984 , it might have been reasonably expected that very high proportions of Advanced Course students would have jobs to go to at the end of their courses . |
| 5 | What ever the bone type , however , Dodson found that very low water velocities were sufficient to move small mammal bones . |
| 6 | Er I mean that very helpful discussion , er though aspects of it have already been included . |
| 7 | Darwin believed that very similar species , such as those grouped into a single genus , would have evolved from a fairly recent common ancestor . |
| 8 | His figures show that very many students from working-class homes tend to do less well in their ‘ A ’ levels than the rest . |
| 9 | If you do not like what happens at a school , you should discuss it with the headmaster , but bear in mind that teachers at a boarding school are acting much more in loco parentis than at a day school and may feel that very firm action is essential . |
| 10 | As a second , hypothetical example , suppose that I was keen to make some contribution to human physiology or anatomy , and suppose I noted that very little work has been done on the weight of human earlobes . |
| 11 | It was just what Lady Merchiston had said that very first night , but she had been so appalled that she had not taken it in . |
| 12 | It has been argued that very few electors usually read them and that many of the commitments made do not enjoy widespread support among voters , even among those voting for the parties that issued them . |
| 13 | Er , again if anybody 's seen that very amusing film by erm Woody Allen , what 's it called , er Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but w Were Afraid To Ask . |
| 14 | For these features have only to be noticed for it to be seen that very considerable scope exists for denying or undermining the exercise of the right . |
| 15 | Er I would suspect that very few branches and departments have used anything like this . |
| 16 | Indeed it is a very good thing that this is so , because research shows that very few pupils leave school with any competence at these skills . |
| 17 | As in the 1977 NOP survey , our 1979 survey showed that very few people buying on credit had considered any type of credit other than the one they had actually used . |
| 18 | Our main survey ( Appendix 1 , text preceding Table 24 ) showed that very few people had had any difficulty getting the type of credit they had decided on . |
| 19 | The Joint Land Requirements Committee carried out an interesting public survey which showed that very few people ( 8 per cent ) have even a broadly correct impression of the actual proportion , and a third perceived the proportion to be ten times greater than it is . |
| 20 | The yard looks busy , but close examination reveals that very few wagons were carrying traffic . |
| 21 | A quick glance at the data reveals that very few subjects , particularly on the first repetition , were behaving in this fashion ; indeed , many subjects appeared to be behaving in a manner one might like to describe as myopic . |
| 22 | There are exceptions to this I would suggest that very high turn outs in the er local election , local elections in Harlow almost certainly because there was a lot of interest in it press interest because of the great battle in Old Harlow and that appears to have had a spin off effect on turn out in the other wards as well . |
| 23 | You know that very large church at Newark ? |
| 24 | It is useful to use that very fine elastic on the zig-zag , the two circular rows and the following one . |
| 25 | The possibility of high chain extension in polymer solutions was pointed out by F. C. Frank in 1970 , and the experiments of Mackley using extensional flow fields generated by two opposing jets indicated that very high extensions were attainable , as was shown by the birefringence observed in the flowing solution . |
| 26 | Harry sensed that very little pressure would be required to overcome her scruples . |
| 27 | And if you were to try to extend that very demanding conception over the dandelions and the tapeworms as well , you would be in trouble . |
| 28 | It would be perverse , then , to deny that very exciting things have been happening and it is no business of this chapter to disparage these remarkable advances in understanding of the brain . |
| 29 | Various studies have demonstrated that very few people have not broken laws , and many people do so frequently without ever having their ‘ crimes ’ recorded . |
| 30 | The idea of a flying continuum becomes even more persuasive when we remember that very small animals tend to float gently in air , whatever their shape . |