Example sentences of "very [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McIntosh is too much the diplomat to say what he really thinks about the firm 's three year spell inside the TSB empire , except to say two things — firstly that he doubts whether it either made or lost much money on its investment , and secondly that Hill Samuel was very supportive once the decision to sell had been taken in principle . |
| 2 | I was very apprehensive and the fact that they took away the radio at the same time made our suspicions worse . |
| 3 | It is very strange that the slimmer we get the more critical we become of our body , often exclaiming , ‘ but I 've still got a big waist/tummy/hips/bottom ! ’ |
| 4 | That is , the religious aspect is specifically stressed by Plato , much more so than any version of the Megarian decree ; if the Megarian exclusion was primarily religious , it is very strange that the exclusion does not extend to the obvious religious meeting-places and events , that is temples and sacrifices . |
| 5 | There seems to be a degree of formal connection between them , a way in which the first tense conditions all the others , and it would be very strange if the exchange had been : |
| 6 | The yield in younger patients is likely to be very low and the development of alternative strategies to select those in whom a barium enema or total colonoscopy should be performed would be helpful . |
| 7 | No matter what we did we caught carp but still we found that 17lb was about the ceiling and with the bait situation looking very low and the prospect of the homeward journey the following morning we both decided to pack up the carp rods and fish all out for the cats . |
| 8 | The probability of a particle getting out of a black hole of the mass of the sun would be very low because the particle would have to travel faster than light for several kilometers . |
| 9 | It was so fascinating to observe that I was very sorry when the party broke up , and even more so when Margaret did not ask her old pal Richard to stay on for supper with us after the Rolls drove away . |
| 10 | Standing small and shaky before that vast desk , surrounded by all the trappings of success and power , I felt very helpless and the cigarette seemed about as much of a morale-builder as a pocket-handkerchief is a protection against a firing-squad . |
| 11 | Trying to get an edge — which will count for very little unless the price is right , the IBM Personal Computer Co says that all its new business-oriented personal computers will be designed to comply with the most comprehensive worldwide health , safety and ergonomic standards by year-end : the promise covers desktop and floor-standing units , displays and keyboards ; it claims it will also be the first computer manufacturer in the world to test these products for compliance with the International Standards Organisation Standard 9241 , which addresses the health , safety and comfort of display terminal users starting with premium PS/2s . |
| 12 | For the moment , there was very little that the President could say . |
| 13 | Peter said very little but the glow was still on him . |
| 14 | Friendship , I fear , counts for very little when the fur really begins to fly . |
| 15 | He owned very little and the packing did not take long . |
| 16 | Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast |
| 17 | However , it is very possible that the investor may incorrectly forecast the market as many did in the crash of October 1987 . |
| 18 | On the subject of local histories — especially town histories — it is very possible that the ground will have already been explored by a previous researcher and the results of the study published . |
| 19 | ‘ I am very upset that the council think they can get away with sending out a liability order before magistrates have even considered the case , ’ said Mr Jones , a part-time council security man for over five years . |
| 20 | ‘ I am very upset because the stall was for a good cause . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There was this one scene where Dustin first did it by coming on very strong as the scene opened and then gradually bringing things down until everything was just suggested by innuendo and gestures . |
| 22 | I would be very grateful if the departure could be as low key |
| 23 | Very confusing and the fact that they 've stuck that label on there does n't help very much either . |
| 24 | It is obvious that if the point in In re X ( A Student ) , 11 November 1991 , arose again , a more sophisticated analysis of what happened in 1837 would be required although we are far from convinced that the result would be very different and the history of that case has shown that it is a useful residual power for the judges to possess in exceptional circumstances . |
| 25 | On examination of the bones he decided that they were very old and the smell that exuded was particularly obnoxious . |
| 26 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 27 | Jilly Fox did a rather well-informed feminist sketch comparing the chaplain 's sexist attitudes to those of the Ayatollah : it was n't very funny and the chaplain was not amused , although he wisely pretended to be . |
| 28 | For this reason groups are very popular since the cost of purchase and maintenance and overheads can be shared . |
| 29 | So , in their own interest , the firms should be very careful that the finger is not pointed at them , that they are not seen to have acted in a way that abuses their power and cuts across their independence and integrity . ’ |
| 30 | Robson , snapped up on a free transfer from West Ham last season , added : ‘ I 've had to be very careful because the trouble was caused by a virus infection . |