Example sentences of "a very [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eating fruit is a very refreshing start to the day . |
| 2 | But it is also a very real disincentive to spending time on learning to microwrite and transferring large quantities of address data from my Psion 128K packs . |
| 3 | You have been a very real help to me . |
| 4 | The press-gang gave politicians an effective method of giving a very real service to the parties more directly concerned , and it was one which should have created a lasting sense of obligation , for life before the mast in one of His Majesty 's ships was not likely to be easily forgotten . |
| 5 | Mr David Marrs , managing director of Veng , the largest independent panel manufacturer , said : ‘ This is a very real threat to competition which will put sections of the entire independent trade out of business . |
| 6 | What Stirling instinctively realized was that the German and Italian air forces posed a very real threat to an advance by the Eighth Army and that if those enemy aircraft could be neutralized on the ground , the offensive would stand a much greater chance of success . |
| 7 | One answer was that the riots in 1980 in Bristol followed by others in Toxteth , Moss Side and Handsworth in 1981 and Tottenham , Handsworth and Bristol in 1985 showed that young people could be a very real threat to the social order as well as just a symbolic one . |
| 8 | For these reasons it is no exaggeration to claim that the increasing drift to training at the expense of education , in adult education as elsewhere , represents a very real threat to a democratic society . |
| 9 | With the spectre of the supermarket pinta a very real threat to the British milkman , Steve Ellis points to his unofficial role as social worker or even home help . |
| 10 | They represent a very real challenge to the pub traditional client base . |
| 11 | There is n't a lot of love for Mum — they adored their Dad — it 's the old thing , ‘ We promised Dad on his death-bed that we 'd always care for Mum ’ , it 's a very real thing to them … ’ |
| 12 | Scragg ( 1974 : 26 ) , for example , comments that ‘ the existence of regional orthographies , and their confusion in the copying of texts resulted in a very lax attitude to spelling in most scribes . ’ |
| 13 | Indeed , all in all , I can not see why the option of her returning to Darlington Hall and seeing out her working years there should not offer a very genuine consolation to a life that has come to be so dominated by a sense of waste . |
| 14 | Ted Young is a very familiar voice to Radio Brighton listeners because for many many years he has been presenting the weather forecast . |
| 15 | It must be understood , however , that church attendance is a very uncertain guide to what people think about the great mystery of life and death . |
| 16 | Blond and beefy , built like a rugby forward , Paul had a very straightforward approach to life and a cheerful disregard , almost contempt , for anything remotely ‘ artistic ’ . |
| 17 | Now again I mentioned this last week , the idea of introducing schoolchildren at a very young age to different countries and different cultures so that in fact when they come to go on holiday on their own or with a partner it holds no fear for them unlike , if you like , senior citizens might do . |
| 18 | In some ways , life must seem to be a very cruel joke to millions of people on this earth . |
| 19 | They provide a very general introduction to particular occupational areas . |
| 20 | An an and to speak quite bluntly on the state of the evidence at the moment it seems that that is a very possible end to this case , in which case , in which case the jury wo n't even get round to having this matter . |
| 21 | It also offers a very impressive solution to one of guitar recording 's biggest problems : getting heavy distortion onto tape . |
| 22 | It 's a very slight change to the recommendation erm Chairman which appears at the end of the report . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a very accessible introduction to the new brand of comics , ’ said exhibitions officer Jane Warrilow . |
| 24 | At the end of Grindelwald village is the glacier gorge ( Gletscherschlucht ) which is a fairly easy walk along a very narrow road to the upper glacier which you can go inside . |
| 25 | The problem was a very narrow entrance to the platform and a very efficient-looking ticket inspector . |
| 26 | The moving mass of mainly Medau and Navy blue clad figures was a very encouraging sight to the hard working girls of the Kent Committee who had spend a long time before the event and on the day itself making sure all went according to plan . |
| 27 | The men of the family always formed a very solid front to the outside world , and at times to their womenfolk , and as it had been the custom among their people for children to be looked after by the men on the mother 's side of the family , especially if a brother had no issue of his own , they did n't see why the sisters were making such a fuss . |
| 28 | It was a very irritating position to be in " . |
| 29 | Thirty years ago this change would have been more likely to coincide with marriage ; today it coincides with becoming a parent , and its significance may be underrated as maternity leave holds open the option of a very early return to work . |
| 30 | However , we can see here an example of how children may be exposed at a very early age to purposeful code-switching behaviour . |