Example sentences of "very [adj] and [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a very political and quite a philosophical discussion , than these occasions usually are . |
| 2 | Land prices there are very high and so the land is used intensively . |
| 3 | Her hair 's very straight and just an ordinary brown . |
| 4 | Nevertheless the former test and the current test are very similar and indeed the ‘ guidelines ’ laid down by the two Acts are the same . |
| 5 | Just saying br , just saying briefly er Mr I , I had something I do find it most of the time we do find it very instructive and certainly the strength of the economic development strategy is about the partnership and all those partners contributing their particular field of interest and that 's I think is . |
| 6 | In the case of a planet N is very large and therefore a considerably larger quantity of volatiles can be acquired by the planet by this means than it could acquire by capturing gases directly from the PFM . |
| 7 | The pupil is very large and only a portion of the iris is present , so the eye appears dark in colour . |
| 8 | Self-help groups can be very useful and ideally every physician caring for diabetics should have access to a person skilled in helping people to rid themselves of the smoking habit . |
| 9 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 10 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 11 | Maybe you were tempted to take handheld shots on telephoto — perhaps with a very good reason , lions in a zoo are not very approachable and often the only way to shoot them in close-up is with a long-focus lens . |
| 12 | Francis de Sales , a great Christian writer , used to say : ‘ Half an hour 's daily listening is essential except when you are very busy and then a full hour is necessary . ’ |
| 13 | Initially the quantity expected to be eaten should be very small and gradually the amount increased up to a normal portion for the age of the child . |
| 14 | However a problem is that these nuclei are very small and only a few manage to collide and fuse . |
| 15 | The party , which was confined to local friends owing to the remoteness of our village from the metropolis , was , I think , very successful and just the kind of gathering Nigel loved . |
| 16 | It was very tiring and actually the perspiration just used to be dropping off me by the time I got into the flat . |
| 17 | The day had been hot ; in fact , the previous week had been very hot and so the roads and streets were paved with ridged flags of mud , hardbaked , but not so hard as to prevent their surfaces being skimmed off into dust which , in some streets of the town , seemed to be floating waist high like a mist rising from water . |
| 18 | The human relationships are very intense and therefore the learning curve is accelerated . |