Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for [art] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
| 2 | They were then very pleased to read in the book that it had been done for the very same reasons . |
| 3 | In these tests , two lines of obviously different lengths are exhibited for a very short period of time , and the subject has to say whether the right or the left line was the longer . |
| 4 | ‘ We am looking for a very substantial majority . |
| 5 | They may have a requirement where they are looking for a very high return on capital employed and need to attract and retain the very best people in order to achieve that . |
| 6 | But when due allowance has been made for the very various functions of castles , as administrative and social as well as military centres , it remains true that they were formidable military weapons , and that some of the most remarkable technological advances of the twelfth century were made in the improvement of siege engines and of a castle 's defences . |
| 7 | Anyhow , it had been going for a very short time , not very satisfactory , because none of us really were very successful with our machine , and then a … messenger came in to say that a [ radio ] taxi driver had come into No. 10 to say he 's heard everything going on in his taxi in Whitehall . |
| 8 | And Anjelica Huston returned to her own home saying that she had been humiliated for the very last time . |
| 9 | The as I said this , this is required for identification for the organism , but the to the toxin has been recognised for a very , very long time and right from er , the early days the possibility of inactivating the biological properties of a toxin while retaining their immunological properties has been attractive to people seeking to prevent these diseases . |
| 10 | It 's been known for a very long time that from these cases you can isolate this organism C diphtheria bacterium which you saw in the practical classes and has this distinctive stayed property where er certain granules can be stayed up and also the arrangement of the cells is rather reminiscent of what called Chinese lettering . |
| 11 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 12 | The author craves to be forgiven for a very brief self-quotation in illustration of this from a work of his own : |
| 13 | An index would be prepared for a very large report but is somewhat unusual for the majority of reports . |
| 14 | Well I 'm looking for a very good friend of mine er who I served in the army with called Tony . |
| 15 | McKellar argued that while more than 70 per cent of people answering a questionnaire reported at least one hypnagogic experience the actual incidence may be even higher , as " it can be overlooked for a very long time even by those who subsequently realize that they have the experience frequently … |
| 16 | " You know , I think that you could be heading for a very serious depression . " |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm waiting for a very important call . |
| 18 | Some of the landforms , especially if they are depositional , may be quickly destroyed , but forms cut into resistant rocks may be preserved for a very long time . |
| 19 | Almost all Japanese believed that colonial rule in Korea should be extended for a very lengthy period , if not permanently . |
| 20 | Age is a vital piece of information for the pharmacist because different strengths and dosages of medicine may be required for the very young or the elderly . |
| 21 | For both males and females there is a U-shaped pattern of consultations , with the highest rates being reported for the very young . |
| 22 | Separate designs were evolved for the very different conditions of forest and savannah . |
| 23 | They have even been mistaken for a very loose cluster , though in fact they are not really associated with each other . |
| 24 | Woodland has , therefore , been managed for a very long time and we shall examine this further in a moment . |
| 25 | The Mass and Vespers nicely illustrate the stylistic dichotomy of church music which was to last for a very long time and which Monteverdi had already distinguished in the foreword to his Fifth Book of madrigals as prima and seconda pratica . |
| 26 | Bob Haboldt , who showed a mixture of Italian , French , Dutch and Flemish works mostly priced at FFr 50–150,000 , sold four , but found collectors surprised by the FFr 500,000 ( £51,500 ; $89,700 ) he was asking for a very rare study of deer by Jan Brueghel the Elder and the FFr 400,000 ( £41,200 ; $71,750 ) he expected for a study of standing men by Pietro da Cortona . |
| 27 | But this Society was created for a very specific purpose , and on occasion has been obliged to act with extreme severity in the pursuit of that purpose . |