Example sentences of "[v-ing] a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are tackling a very big warren it is probable that only the most likely of the bolt-holes will have been fitted with purse nets , simply because insufficient nets are available . |
| 2 | Her hair was cut aggressively short , accentuating the sharp point of her jaw and she was cradling a very small baby . |
| 3 | The new design results from the transition to transverse engines on the Safrane , necessitating a very compact gearbox layout . |
| 4 | Saunders added : ‘ It is becoming a very good team with the defence looking really solid . ’ |
| 5 | Add to all that the claim that Leeds has more parkland than any other city in Britain , plus a wealth of historical architecture which dates back to 1152 , and it 's hardly surprising that England 's third largest city is now fast becoming a very popular UK holiday destination . |
| 6 | She had been a champion skater at St Moritz , until her pilot husband had rescued her from what was becoming a very dreary grind . |
| 7 | You can see by these figures that the Food and Agriculture Division of is becoming a very large company . |
| 8 | Being on the dole in 1979 was becoming a very common occupation . |
| 9 | But it was becoming a very public war . |
| 10 | Well you 're painting a very dark picture for us this morning are n't ya ? |
| 11 | This is the foundation upon which to build my approach to painting a very different landscape , and already there are notable changes to my technique and palette . |
| 12 | It was obvious that my aircraft was not in a condition for any further fighting and I flew a zig-zag course back to the 'drome keeping a very watchful eye on the sky around me . |
| 13 | Stooping down and keeping a very sharp lookout from under my hat , I coughed several times , splashed the water about , and then , moving very slowly and gathering dry sticks on the way ( as the local Indians might do ) , I went to the foot of the steep rock . |
| 14 | Certainly while we looked on , the pigeons were keeping a very wary distance . |
| 15 | I shall be keeping a very careful eye on you from now on . |
| 16 | We can perhaps clarify this particular case further by adopting a very simple notation , where r superscribed to a morpheme M indicates the entity ( whether identified explicitly or not ) demanded by the use of the morpheme M , which we shall call its referential locus . |
| 17 | It is often useful , when explaining a very large concept , to start at the beginning . |
| 18 | I mean , we 're not , erm , we 're just simplifying a very complex situation , and in fact , probably large numbers of genes are , are involved , and they 're , there are probably complex interactions between different sorts of altruism. kin altruism will certainly function within families for reasons that we 've just been looking at , but this will also be a fertile and erm , encouraging er , framework for sibling altruism . |
| 19 | If the courts did give this construction to the term law they would be applying a very different thesis from that originally conceived by Gould . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's living a very Western life and she 's very happy , ’ says Chris . |
| 21 | Paula , aged twenty-three in 1945 and working for the Worcester Brass Company in Birmingham , had no hesitation in sticking up for herself : The report adds : ‘ Paula is living a very bright life with plenty of entertainment and dancing , but she knows how many beans make five ! , |
| 22 | She lectures extensively on maps and the collections of NLS in particular as well as promoting a very active outreach programme designed to make the Map Library and its contents better known throughout Scotland . |
| 23 | Surprisingly , the coupled transition of T3pG4 and C9pA10 leads to the most stable state , but this requires passing a very high energy barrier of 15 Kcal/mol and , as we will see shortly , leads to major structural changes . |
| 24 | First of all I think we have worked out the importance of establishing a very good relationship with the media and that 's developing and that means that , that the views of the trade union movement are beginning to be heard , er , when we , when we spoke to the editor of the local paper for example , we pointed out that on the business page there 's nothing about trade unions and did he think that business er existed without er on , just on one side . |
| 25 | The good dealer was something of a social worker as well as a salesman , developing a very intensive relationship with clients who did n't mind being churned every day . |
| 26 | I notice a man in a big railway station striding out and pushing a very over-noisy luggage trolley in front of him . |
| 27 | The reason for this is that the number of tucks within the work distorts the knit stitches in such a way that they rise up above the surface of the knitting , forming a very three-dimensional effect . |
| 28 | ‘ Hello there ! ’ the Doctor said , sounding to Bernice like an aged relative addressing a very young child . |
| 29 | In thirty-eight minutes flat he was supposed to be addressing a very high-powered seminar on enterprise . |
| 30 | Sir : Young lawyers , like myself , will have received a circular letter from P. G. Malone enclosing a very laudable programme o events and lectures which his Committee has organised , and for which all credit is due . |