Example sentences of "[prep] [art] very [adj] case " in BNC.

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1 For example , for the very simple case of an ion with a single d electron , such as Ti 3 + , the free ion term is 2 D. In an octahedral field this splits into a lower state 2 T 2g and an upper state 2 E g , just as the d orbitals split into t2 g and e g sets .
2 One example of a very successful case was the recouping of benefit arrears for a client .
3 To see the form of the restrictions we will work with the very simple case when n = 2 .
4 In the very simple case of a word presented visually for memorisation , some of this information will include the size and colour of the letters , various levels of meaning including the dictionary meaning , its part of speech , and other closely related words .
5 Head teachers say governors do n't show any interest — or in the very rare case show too much .
6 Apart from antihistamines , inhalants , nasal sprays and , in the very worst cases , short-term use of steroids , there are many simple and safe things you can do .
7 But if we begin from situations in which the community does not find it necessary to impose standards , we find , in the very simplest cases , full confidence and agreement in evaluating , untroubled by worries over differences of taste .
8 Over the years , it has never been certain , except in the very simplest cases , what comes first in scientific research .
9 It has to be remembered that the centre of mass of the club head does not lie on the shaft but off to one side ( except of course in the very special case of certain putters ) .
10 Numerous requests for this purpose could impose an intolerable burden and not all of those requests would admit of a ready answer , having regard to the Director of Public Prosecution 's duty to prosecute and to make use of the most cogent evidence , particularly in a very serious case of great notoriety .
11 For the study of local history there is , except in a very few cases , little need to look before Saxon times .
12 Only in a very few cases can incompleteness be acceptable .
13 In a very few cases , serious mental disorders similar to schizophrenia or mania have been reported that may be due to a direct effect of HIV on the brain .
14 However , you need also to know that in a very few cases , you can get a negative result even though you are infected .
15 In all Boards there was certainly an increase in red tape and committee work , and perhaps a loss of initiative and an unwillingness to take responsibility among managers and engineers , and , in a very few cases , simple unchecked extravagance .
16 Only in a very few cases are points awarded explicitly to recognize the need to reside in specific rural locations , which is a sad reflection on the past role of allocation policy .
17 It 's an allergic condition , usually pretty harmless , but in a very few cases it causes oedema of the larynx — that 's what we 've got here . "
18 The sign made up of these two elements is arbitrary for two reasons : because , more obviously , the association of a signifier ( the sound-image ‘ tree ’ ) with a signified ( the concept tree ) is , except in a very few cases , fundamentally the product of linguistic convention , not of any natural link ; and , less obviously , because there is also no natural or necessary relationship between the sign as a whole and the reality to which it refers .
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