Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the very " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |
| 2 | This was borne out by the very subjective observation that no used fertiliser bags were noted anywhere in the Auvergne uplands whereas such discarded litter is commonplace in the Welsh uplands ( unless French farmers are innately tidier ! ) . |
| 3 | The basis of this understanding of marriage is laid down in the very first book of the Bible : ‘ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife , and they become one . ’ |
| 4 | The detail of the proposals on contributions was , of course , fully set out in the very full statement that I made to the House by way of a written answer at the same time as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's autumn statement on 6 November . |
| 5 | But he adds : ‘ We would expect the French economy to remain relatively weak for at least the next year because its main trading partner , Germany , is itself entering what is likely to be quite a painful economic slowdown , brought about by the very high interest rates . ’ |
| 6 | But the Grand Emissary had swung up in the very newest model of the Novablast Personaluxury Liner , making me feel like a meteorite next to an asteroid . |
| 7 | However , a B II site at this junction can be ruled out by the very high chemical shift of the associated phosphate . |
| 8 | It does n't seem to have had as bad an effect on a lot of people as it might appear — they have n't immediately turned round and gone back to the very worst anti-gay feeling . |
| 9 | A number of significant problems for the distinction between anaphora and discourse deixis have been thrown up by the very considerable body of work on pronominalization ( see Lyons , 1977b ; Lyons , 1977a : 662ff for a review ; and for recent work , see e.g. Heny & Schnelle , 1979 ) . |
| 10 | It was true , the old ramblers were both ugly and kitted out in the very best of outdoor clothing . |
| 11 | Indeed it is a feature of this scene that the tension is kept up to the very last pizzicato , and of course it is no accident that Britten , when he made the concert version of the fourth interlude , had to jump to the last two pages of the act to get his conclusion . |
| 12 | An appropriate set of product communications needs to be sent out at the very earliest opportunity and more expensive , albeit more responsive media , such as a telephone , should be brought into effect . |