Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the very [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wealth of fascinating history lies within the very name of the Hundred House Hotel which refers to the ancient subdivisions of the shires of England into areas known as ‘ hundreds ’ . |
| 2 | The danger lies in the very distinction between signifier and signified , and for this reason Derrida prefers to use a concept like différance which , while preserving the Saussurean principle of the differential , is completely non-substantive and non-hierarchical . |
| 3 | During his campaign this personable single man , who lives in the very heart of the constituency in Guisborough , has appealed to Dr. Kumar and Mr Bates to stop ‘ the negative mudslinging ’ and take part in constructive political debate . |
| 4 | A key element here is ‘ the principle of bounded rationality ( which ) lies at the very core of organization theory , and at the core , as well , of any ‘ theory of action ’ that purports to treat of human behaviour in complex organizations ' ( Simon , 1957b , p. 200 ) . |
| 5 | But with stunning clarity they demonstrate again how the great reformer has unleashed forces which he and his country no longer control , and which now are playing on the German Question itself , the issue which lies at the very heart of today 's European order . |
| 6 | Cleopatra 's gradual development , from scheming flirt to a woman who finds herself deeply in love , lies at the very heart of the opera . |
| 7 | ‘ ... there is a resistance to identity which lies at the very heart of psychic life . ’ |
| 8 | It is this conundrum that lies at the very heart of the Section 28 debate — not to mention Labour 's problems with it . |
| 9 | A feeling of failure lies at the very heart of Serb nationalism , and with that come all the various justifications for this failure : all the various Cominterns , masonries and their unbelievable plots . |
| 10 | The prime consideration should be the evaluation and use of evidence , which lies at the very heart of the historical method . |
| 11 | Local authorities were anxious to redevelop the area as soon as possible , as it lies at the very heart of the town 's commercial district . |
| 12 | This duty which every partner owes to each of his co-partners lies at the very heart of the partnership relationship . |
| 13 | By designating such materials as in varying degrees precious they have created symbols of excellence , a quality which stems from aesthetic awareness but the striving for which lies at the very root of the civilizations created by man . |
| 14 | ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution . |
| 15 | This use of attire , stands by the very ordinance of God ; who , as he hath not sorted all men to all places , so he will have men to fitte themselves and their attire , to the qualitie of their proper places , to put a difference betweene themselves and others … |
| 16 | For de Man the opposition of subject and object is neither conflated nor maintained , neither resolved nor left in any kind of productive tension , and the persuasive force of his argument depends upon the very slippage between these two rationales . |
| 17 | It goes against the very nature of man today . |
| 18 | In the back of the car , Henrietta and Samantha made exaggerated vomiting sounds at the very thought of it , and Jacqueline joined enthusiastically in the pantomime . |
| 19 | The First is that period which recedes from the very beginning of life on earth and reaches far back into the unknowable depths of the timeless universe . |
| 20 | April does n't have to be a month of trials and tribulations or agonising over career or professional matters , if you are prepared to make some snap decisions and take what transpires towards the very end of March as a signal to go even further out on a limb . |
| 21 | Harman LJ agreed that no specification existed but in applying the object and intent test he said : … one must regard the contract as a whole , and this is a contract where a sales representative in South Lincolnshire serving a firm which , as appears from the very clause in question … is a corn and agricultural merchant and animal feeding stuffs manufacturer . |
| 22 | I do n't want to get it out of proportion with other great doctrines of the faith , but this subject goes to the very heart of the gospel and has radical implications for everyday life . |
| 23 | Providing an answer , in contrast , is not simple and the search for it goes to the very heart of the Verkehrsberuhigung concept . |
| 24 | I resume my explanation of the Bill , and this goes to the very heart of the issues raised by the two hon. Gentlemen . |
| 25 | The relationship between cash crops , particularly those for export , and subsistence crops for local consumption , has occasioned an intense and sometimes bitter debate that has been going on for decades , if not centuries , and goes to the very heart of the global capitalist system and its transnational contradictions . |
| 26 | Although this may seem to be a statement of the obvious , it is in fact a very important point which goes to the very roots of movie making . |
| 27 | It relates to the very distinction between standard and other effects , and depends on what that distinction grants , that we sometimes speak of decisions and the like as effects without supposing that they issue from causal circumstances , which by definition are necessitating circumstances . |
| 28 | During this whole period , conventional Christianity continued to occupy a central position in the lives of the great majority of English men and women of all ranks , except perhaps the vagrants and beggars at the very bottom of the social order . |
| 29 | Paradoxically , it dates from the very period in which Tristan was conceived ; in fact the Tristan drama itself was planned and its words written under Schopenhauerian influence — but influence of an ethical , rather than an aesthetic , kind . |
| 30 | A sense of well-being , of transformation and enlightenment , penetrates to the very marrow of his bones . |