Example sentences of "[be] very [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case , the Dip.HE for such students will continue to be very largely the first two years of a degree course , though its provision may increase if credit transfer develops nationally and it becomes more common for students to undertake a two-year Dip.HE course in one institution and move to another for a third year . |
| 2 | This practice seems to be very much the same no matter whether the personal orientation of the research worker is materialist or idealist , Marxist or anti-Marxist , structuralist or functionalist , rationalist or empiricist . |
| 3 | Latterly it has become increasingly apparent that neighbouring small-scale communities , even when they are lumped together under the same " tribal " label , are just as likely to be sharply contrasted as they are to be very much the same . |
| 4 | Colleges should be doing to meet the needs of Roman Catholic schools , notwithstanding the harsh economic regime they share with the rest of higher education , it seems fair to conclude that without them the Roman Catholic educational sector would be very much the poorer . |
| 5 | Ben was almost two years older than Danny , but small for his age , while Danny seemed likely to take after his father , so they were very nearly the same height . |
| 6 | But in the nine months of carrying my child , the feelings and reactions of Michelle 's were very much the same as my own . |
| 7 | This thought occurred to me as I was reflecting on an article which suggested that the industry 's problems of yesterday were very much the same as those of today and that no real progress was possible because of the vested interest of the institutions of the industry . |
| 8 | To our surprise and to many people 's relief , they all broke at about the same load , the strength of the wet and the dry ones being very much the same . |
| 9 | Harrell ( 1984 ) compared actual and apparent sorting images for sets of spheres with log normal distribution , and demonstrated that the apparent sorting is less accurate for well sorted sediments , but , that using his visual comparators ( Fig. 5.7 ) , the apparent sorting is very nearly the same as for actual sorting within the sand and gravel size ranges . |
| 10 | Beyond this , character- ization rarely goes further than the creation of characters sufficient for the roles they play within the fabliau ; there is very rarely the slightest pretence at verisimilitude in the form of feigning that the characters have experiences beyond or after those of the narrative given . |
| 11 | The telephone is very often the only link these loyal citizens have with the outside world they can no longer walk in safety to the local telephone box to make their calls , and even if they could , when they get there it is out of order . |
| 12 | It is very often the intangible and indeterminate savings which provide to be of major significance . |
| 13 | Game shooting is very often the primary sporting consideration and this can mean that those who want the rabbiting rights may have to accept restrictions on time and place — on guns and dogs too . |
| 14 | Said Heston , ‘ Richard is very much the professional Irishman . |
| 15 | ‘ For me the important thing was winning the match , the money is very much the second thing . |
| 16 | The prescription of a conflicts rule , though more readily agreed than a substantive rule , is very much the second best solution . |
| 17 | Its relation … to our knowledge of what is true is very much the traditional one : observation sentences are the repository of evidence for scientific hypotheses . |
| 18 | Laverne is very much the innocent party . ’ |
| 19 | All that energy for comparatively few sales , but she will get them for the paperback as she is very much the rising star of Black American fiction . |
| 20 | Such events normally draw a large crowd but hers is very much the glamorous end of the market . |
| 21 | In cases where the primary is very much the brighter of the pair , the secondary is effectively ‘ drowned ’ . |
| 22 | This is very much the hybrid sound of Africa , and all the better for it . |
| 23 | Multi-faceted influences have also clearly been poured into the Glebov melting pot , although he appears to have assimilated these with rather greater surety than Smolsky , who is very much the stylistic chameleon in comparison . |
| 24 | But we knew how to bring our design skills into Mothercare , because the design process is very much the same for graphics design or engineering design or for fashion design . |
| 25 | This is very much the same as sample 3 , but the tucking needles are now tucking for two rows before knitting two rows . |
| 26 | You can tell the buzzard is a soaring bird by its wing shape , which is very much the same as that of an eagle . |
| 27 | The other Prendergast sketchbook in the collection , known as the Large Boston Public Gardens Sketchbook , is very much the same sort of thing but more fully worked , with numerous full-page watercolour sketches , possibly intended as presentation pieces to demonstrate his abilities to future patrons . |
| 28 | This kind of tonal contradiction may not necessarily follow clear key patterns ( as in bitonality and polytonality ) , but the idea of creating stress by note-conflict is very much the same . |
| 29 | What John is doing in each situation is very much the same : he is making a pronouncement about something . |
| 30 | Where Jenny lives is very much the smart side of town and the flat is gorgeous . |