Example sentences of "[noun pl] for a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would burn like arc lamps for a very short duration . |
| 2 | I know not , it may be that Mr is saying this is something that that never it 's never I 've never understood it to be er part of my practice or part of any solicitors practice to offer such a and if we have a solicitor er who has constantly practised in his skills for a very lengthy period of time , that is saying oh yes it is because this , as far as I 'm concerned , standard advice which solicitors should give to clients transactions . |
| 3 | Not only will the advent of records of achievement and GCSE together make considerable demands in this respect in terms of time , it will also require teachers to engage in in-service activities for a very wide range of different assessment procedures . |
| 4 | Nobody participates in meetings for a very good reason : anything at all important is all sewn up before it ever gets on the agenda ’ . |
| 5 | But this merely shifts the problem where the conflict occurs and calls for a very careful examination of whether , and if so the way in which , the individual is exercising that right . |
| 6 | Hilda Lodge ( Kent ) has hung up her teaching cap , but will continue to wear her Executive and Publicity Committee hats for a very long time to come , we hope . |
| 7 | Warming occurs so slowly that the descending lithosphere retains its high density characteristics for a very long time . |
| 8 | If the farmer could eliminate all other factors and concentrate only on managing his leys ( and the soil on which they grow ) he might succeed in minimizing the effect of the ‘ years of depression ’ and maintain the new grasses and clovers for a very long time . |
| 9 | Certain ants , such as the common black ant found in the garden , use weather cues for a very different purpose — to ensure successful mating . |
| 10 | ‘ If you must know , Leonora , I am irritable these days for a very simple reason . ’ |
| 11 | What the stores sell is extremely good value , functionally designed and occasionally inspired furniture : attractive pieces for a very modest outlay . |
| 12 | That is , the employer will have places for a very small number of newcomers to the profession who are not yet union members . |
| 13 | Mozzarella cheese adds flavour and an unusual texture to any salad — combine it with smoked quails ' eggs for a very special starter . |
| 14 | Erm modern theorists of human rights just start from the position that human rights are of course self evidently inherent in each individual , I 'm thinking for example of erm Nosette In the tradition of , of natural , in the natural law tradition which Locke erm erm shares erm there is a basic position which runs throughout them all and that includes incidentally even Hobbes to the effect that erm we do n't just have rights as individuals , we have rights for a very particular reason . |
| 15 | It would evidently be impossible to resume normal living conditions for a very long time after fallout of the assumed density . ’ |
| 16 | I understand that they were working to commissioned orders for a very wide range of goods and products , which were then sold in government-run shops in local towns . |
| 17 | The labels , racism and sexism , are used as summary terms for a very wide range of attitudes , behaviours and institutional processes which result in unequal access to material resources and personal dignity and choices . |
| 18 | She enjoyed the faint intoxication in the scent of violet soap or hand cream when Maman pulled her gardening gloves off her warm , dry hands the gloves were gauntlet-cuffed , the right gloves for a very small armoured knight smaller than the suit of armour in the hall , a baby knight . |
| 19 | Where there is no tidal range wave attack is concentrated at the same level of the coast for twenty-four hours a day , but where the tidal range is great it may be spread over a vast foreshore zone and may only attack the foot of the cliffs for a very short period at each high tide . |
| 20 | It is currently in the final stages of negotiations for a very important order from Malaysia which , had it not been the competitive and effective yard that it now is , it would have had no chance of getting . |
| 21 | THE PROBLEM WAS TRICKY : AT BEST IT was going to concentrate minds for a very long time indeed . |
| 22 | Try knitting your skirt with ‘ handkerchief ’ points for a very new look for more ‘ dressed up ’ occasions . |
| 23 | This has , of course , been the case in the advanced industrial societies for a very long time , but with the difference that the food and beverage industry today is concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of TNCs ( see Clairrnonte and Cavanagh , 1988 ) . |
| 24 | You are likely to be sleeping on the streets for a very long time . |
| 25 | They seemed to stare into each other 's faces for a very long time . |
| 26 | Lowland areas were not only important for pasture ; seasonal flooding of such areas attracted large numbers of wildfowl which were an important source of food in such localities for a very long time . |
| 27 | The design can be knitted as a single motif of 80 stitches by 80 rows , could be doubled in size by using the double length and double width buttons for a very large rhino , or could be knitted as a savannah scene with a second single motif of a acacia thorn tree . |
| 28 | But frankly it 's not likely to irritate your skin anyway because er you are n't industrial users of this you would only ever touch these chemicals for a very short time so the any possible side effects they might er have on you will be greatly diminished by the fact that you did n't use them very much . |