Example sentences of "[vb infin] a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For any really valuable aesthetic results to follow from these new skills , composers will need a very intimate knowledge indeed of the instruments at their disposal . |
| 2 | Prune out the stem and take it into the shed where you can sit down comfortably to prepare the cuttings — they will have to be made very carefully , and you will need a very sharp knife . |
| 3 | However desirable this might be , in a highly complex and differentiated society such as ours this undertaking would need a very long time given our present methods , resources and interests . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd need a very loud voice , ’ the man said , unperturbed , ‘ because the phone has n't been installed yet . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't need a very big back pack because all it 's got to carry is my |
| 6 | Any flowers can be used , but take care to get the scale exactly right — using just one very large flower can look rather out of place , and if the flowers you wish to use are tiny , it will need a very complicated design to fill the card . |
| 7 | Er so you would you would need a very heavy rectification programme to sh to ensure , not just that you had enough cadres , but that the cadres were going in with , with the right attitudes . |
| 8 | but it does highlight a need and I 'm not going to tread on the Treasurer 's toes in this instant but certainly that will add to the financial burden of running the Association but if its to increasing its lobbying power and authority over those in positions of influence , then above all we do need a very large membership . |
| 9 | The Steam Tank has no armour saving roll — instead its thick iron skin is represented by a very high toughness of 10 , and enemies will need a very high strength to stand any chance of crushing or piecing its armoured shell . |
| 10 | Public relations does not enjoy a very fair image in Britain . |
| 11 | → When you think of Fender 's seeming unwillingness to bring the reissues of the Indie-cred Jaguar into this country , Jim , I think we 'll probably wait a very long time before a Bass VI emanates from anywhere other than the Fender Custom Shop — a facility available to the wad-carrying fanatic . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted . |
| 13 | Does he , do you consider a very successful way of getting inside to what children think ? |
| 14 | At the other extreme , a sick or tired horse will display a very low carriage , with his tail drooping and his head and neck very low . |
| 15 | Chomsky points out that the principles of operant conditioning were originally derived from experimental studies of animals , in which the ex-perimenter could achieve a very high degree of control over variables which were presumed to influence behaviour . |
| 16 | You can not only expect a very warm welcome in Seefeld , but the green fees wo n't make your toes curl and the course is rarely crowded . |
| 17 | But on neither count could he expect a very sympathetic hearing in Washington . |
| 18 | Historical evidence would suggest that American and French sign languages began to go their separate ways in 1816 , when French Sign Language was imported with the French deaf teacher Clerc ; one would therefore expect a very high degree of similarity , as 1816 is very recent in glottochronological terms , and the percentage of cognate signs should be over 90 per cent . |
| 19 | ‘ It does n't show a very healthy picture , ’ he said . |
| 20 | As in a normal environment , an individual in a time-free experiment will show a very similar pattern of eating day by day . |
| 21 | But the month-by-month figures ( Figure 2 ) do show a very sharp drop in temperatures very soon after the eruption — totally disagreeing with the forecast of a greatest influence on the hemispheric environment 18 months to two years after the dust veil is blown into the stratosphere . |
| 22 | ‘ Also , a development as large as the one proposed would generate a very substantial amount of traffic and we would have to examine in great detail the implications for roads in the area . |
| 23 | As we saw in the case of the bacteria on a pin 's head , successive splittings into two can generate a very large number of cells in rather a short time . |
| 24 | This possibly had something to do with my early days in Mespot , where the Wapiti had huge doughnut wheels and literally you could choose a very restricted area and get the aircraft down . |
| 25 | This general modesty about the rights and powers of human reason might not appear a very dangerous threat to natural theology , but the way in which Hume sharpened and applied it was to have a quite shattering impact . |
| 26 | Theodora applied her left leg and Cranmer was surprised to find he could do a very creditable turn on the forehand . |
| 27 | It is a heavy serviceable machine and I am not really knocking Wilson because in another situation it would probably do a very good job but for us it is just not a very pleasant tool to be with . |
| 28 | Well I think my parents did the best they could but the pressures that were on them they , they did n't do a very good job ! |
| 29 | Our arsonist , I 'm afraid , did n't do a very good job . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm sure he 'll do a very good job … ’ |