Example sentences of "in [art] [adv] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 As the hon. Gentleman knows , we have put in place arrangements under which , in the very few markets that the private sector does not accept , reinsurance can be provided through ECGD .
2 An Armenian whose family came from Erzerum or Kars is neighbour to other Armenians whose parents or grandparents came from the same towns , just as Palestinians from Haifa — or from Mrs Zamzam 's village of Um Al-Farajh — now live in refugee camps next to those whose homes were in the same places , sometimes in the very same streets , in what was Palestine .
3 The film-makers are , of course , lucky enough to be able to shoot the film in the very same workshops where Bob earned his living .
4 Now that type of exception would mean that the practical difficulties to which he referred would not arise except in the comparatively few cases that arise of the particular type .
5 In a very few moments she was racing from her room and into the sitting-room .
6 As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them .
7 He 'd have been dead in a very few minutes .
8 No vote was taken and Sir John refused to say whether any clubs opposed the deal but he added : ‘ It all went through in a very few minutes . ’
9 ‘ You could put it to the test in a very few minutes , my lord . ’
10 For the study of local history there is , except in a very few cases , little need to look before Saxon times .
11 Only in a very few cases can incompleteness be acceptable .
12 In a very few cases , serious mental disorders similar to schizophrenia or mania have been reported that may be due to a direct effect of HIV on the brain .
13 However , you need also to know that in a very few cases , you can get a negative result even though you are infected .
14 In all Boards there was certainly an increase in red tape and committee work , and perhaps a loss of initiative and an unwillingness to take responsibility among managers and engineers , and , in a very few cases , simple unchecked extravagance .
15 Only in a very few cases are points awarded explicitly to recognize the need to reside in specific rural locations , which is a sad reflection on the past role of allocation policy .
16 It 's an allergic condition , usually pretty harmless , but in a very few cases it causes oedema of the larynx — that 's what we 've got here . "
17 The sign made up of these two elements is arbitrary for two reasons : because , more obviously , the association of a signifier ( the sound-image ‘ tree ’ ) with a signified ( the concept tree ) is , except in a very few cases , fundamentally the product of linguistic convention , not of any natural link ; and , less obviously , because there is also no natural or necessary relationship between the sign as a whole and the reality to which it refers .
18 In a very few appearances on the mini tour , he accrued sufficient money to gain his card for the 1991 Volvo Tour .
19 The answer came in a very few days and was as follows :
20 He had a genius for explaining a work of art in a very few words .
21 ( Note : do n't be tempted to use filter floss as a gravel tidy substitute as it will become fully clogged and impenetrable to water in a very few months . )
22 ‘ We are going to start to combat the transport congestion and make the investment in communications without which commercial Britain will judder to an expensive and dangerous halt in a very few years .
23 Mr Kinnock said : ‘ We are going to start to combat the transport congestion and make investment in communications without which commercial Britain will judder to an expensive halt in a very few years .
24 It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run .
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