Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must have been asleep for a very long time , ’ he said . |
| 2 | How how about that as a very practical suggestion or as you say perhaps finding |
| 3 | Chesarynth thought about that for a very long time . |
| 4 | as to which of those distinguished people should be dispensed with , but nevertheless it might be the advantage of everybody if the numbers of the cabinet were reduced to sixteen , I personally thought that for a very long time . |
| 5 | All that for a very modest price . |
| 6 | However , most mathematicians would see this as a very narrow view of their subject . |
| 7 | Ana lingered to join them and Felipe evidently took this as a very good sign . |
| 8 | We have to visualize this as a very gradual process , the early transitional plants perhaps creeping across mud flats , or partially submerged . |
| 9 | Now the defenders of participatory democracy would consider this as a very weak objection . |
| 10 | Tumin regards this as a very questionable assumption . |
| 11 | His chemical skill was further evidenced by his experimental findings in 1751 in support of the famous fever powder patented by Dr Robert James [ q.v. ] and by his patent specification of 1753 for a very successful cordial bitter tincture . |
| 12 | Having just painfully disentangled herself from one relationship , she had no intention of getting involved in another for a very long time . |
| 13 | I could really make this into a very great conspiracy for . |
| 14 | There is still some poaching between the major executive search firms and Korn/Ferry founded their worldwide business on doing this in a very successful way , but more recently they have had a number of losses themselves both to Russell Reynolds in the States and Heidrick and Struggles in Europe . |
| 15 | It is essential we address this in a very short time scale . ’ |
| 16 | I have strong memories of feeling different from a very early age . |
| 17 | Working from a basis not impossibly different from a very great many comprehensive schools in the UK , it achieved by this single-minded disposition of resources and energy an organization of support for teacher and pupil alike . |
| 18 | All of these design developments have been used to gain a commercial advantage by offering that ‘ extra something ’ to be different in a very competitive field . |
| 19 | However , that did not stop the sense of adventure to a 20-year-old going off in 1933 in a very strange vessel called the Somersetshire , of which a very famous Air Force song will be sung for evermore . |
| 20 | Some swine had bashed the offside rear three-quarter in a very clumsy attempt to park behind me . |
| 21 | It was clear from a very early stage of our Belfast work that to describe the inner-city phonology was a more complicated task than to describe ‘ middle-class ’ phonology , because there appeared to be much more variability within inner-city language than in higher status language . |
| 22 | But if you are interested in a very popular subject , such as psychology or graphic design or law , do apply as soon as possible . |
| 23 | In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly . |
| 24 | Your hosts have a wealth of experience in catering and the evening meal is prepared to a very high standard making good use of fresh vegetables , fruit and herbs from the garden . |
| 25 | Intuition says that a runner is quickest on a very hard track , so most tracks are made of concrete with a layer of polyurethane added for cushioning . |
| 26 | When you spread work like this over a very long period you are able to look into yourself , and see yourself in a great work of art . |
| 27 | Orphaned at a very early age , he is brought up ‘ by hand ’ by his shrewish sister , Mrs Joe , the wife of the village blacksmith , Joe Gargery , who loves him and protects him as far as possible from his sister 's tyranny . |
| 28 | Landsat MSS and TM instruments measure the reflectance of sunlight ( or , in the case of the TM thermal infrared band , conventionally numbered 6 , the emittance of heat ) by the Earth at each of a very large number of pixel locations . |
| 29 | Am I not guilty of a very great sin ? ’ |
| 30 | In the words of the citations for Sam Beattie 's and ‘ Red ’ Ryder 's awards , these recognised : not only the individual 's valour but also that of a very gallant ship 's company and the valour shown by many others of coastal forces . |