Example sentences of "[adv] to a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not mean that the timetable disappears , although in the smaller primary schools operating the integrated day it does so to a very great extent , leaving only such activities as physical education and music needing some organized attention . |
| 2 | It ‘ is the most difficult form of communication to learn , though since it is used only to a very limited extent , the skill is not essential to the handling of horses ’ . |
| 3 | Tanucci was an innovator only to a very limited extent . |
| 4 | In this way , scientists are able to " design " ( though , as yet , only to a very limited extent ) organisms with particular characteristics . |
| 5 | He lived for his profession , so much so that , instead of limiting himself to examining the remains of bomb-blast victims , he attended the courses and lectures available only to a very few on bomb-making and disarming offered at Fort Halstead . |
| 6 | The NCVO was supported by submissions from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants which warned that compliance with the existing non-mandatory SORP ‘ has not been terribly high ’ and questioned if it was reasonable to ‘ subject these entities straight away to a very demanding set of new accounting rules ’ . |
| 7 | At the other side of the piano James Callaghan , then Prime Minister , was talking animatedly to a very distinguished-looking Admiral , while through it all the Queen and Prince Philip moved easily , chatting to their guests . |
| 8 | BELVILLE : I have had the mortification for some weeks past to come home to a very different Pamela than I used to . |
| 9 | Young children are also to a very great extent dependent on adults for their safety . |
| 10 | In our study autoantibodies detected in ulcerative colitis are not only directed towards neutrophils , but also to a very small percentage of monocytes ( Ellerbroek et al ; submitted ) . |
| 11 | Construction was clearly to a very high standard , with fine flush- riveting on the thick wing skins ' upper surfaces . |
| 12 | Gooch has moved himself now to a very advanced second slip , no he 's going back to the aisle or to , I thought perhaps his position as Lawrence comes into short down the leg side and Russell takes it on his knees , but the conscience I think of the ball not carrying , he just mostly can , Chris Lewis that , come up a yard or two and Lewis scraps a mark with his boot . |
| 13 | Firth 's strictures would , of course , apply equally to a very large number of sentences appearing in language teaching textbooks and practised by pupils . |
| 14 | — Converted approximately five years ago to a very high standard by local builders ( Builders Ede ) . |
| 15 | Whole LRT double deck bus painted in colour to RBG individual design , including advertising panels inside and out , enabling us to get various types of information across to a very wide audience . |
| 16 | Yet to a very large extent German efforts were contradictory : Völkisch opinion wished Germany to remain as it was and yet somehow to return to the past ; they wanted to return to the past yet at the same time wished for the power to behave as they pleased . |
| 17 | ‘ I am not married at the moment , but I am looking forward to a very happy future with Natasha 's father . |
| 18 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |