Example sentences of "be that very [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you bear in mind the background points ( catalysis , the interaction with radiation , the notion of turnover ) you see how it is that very small amounts of pollution really could have far reaching effects . |
| 2 | One of the difficulties of long-term weather forecasting is that very fine details at one time can govern major patterns at a later time . |
| 3 | Another problem with the mouse-tests is that very high doses of a chemical must be administered to predict the effects of low-dose exposure on larger numbers of human beings . |
| 4 | Another problem which electric fish have circumvented is that very sensitive receptors are needed to pick up the weak signals of other fish , and such receptors would be swamped by the fish 's own field . |
| 5 | The point is that very few firms now invest large sums of money in a new venture unless they are very sure that there is a demand for it . |
| 6 | One of the damaging implications of the recession is that very few employers are now able or willing to offer employment to trainees . |
| 7 | The challenge of the reformers had been one great reality but the showmen had always been aware of the other reality and that was that very large numbers of ordinary people , and that included the rich and the poor and people from all nations , were fascinated by moving pictures . |
| 8 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |