Example sentences of "very [adv] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethel 's silent opinion was that Thomas 's strong point lay very much lower down than his brain . |
| 2 | On the other , if you bluff against an opponent who has a really good hand you may end up very much worse off than if you had decided to throw in your bad hand before you had raised the bet too far . |
| 3 | But I 'm always reminded of a large bomber aircraft coming in to land , moving very much more slowly than you 'd expect for something of its size . |
| 4 | Perhaps most alarmingly of all from a Russian point of view , the population of these republics had been increasing very much more rapidly than the all-union average and on some projections was expected to account for 25–30 per cent of the total Soviet population by the end of the century ( the USSR was already the world 's fifth largest Muslim state ) . |
| 5 | He was very much more out than I was and he knew where the gay scene was , not only in Edinburgh but also in London . |
| 6 | The system co-opts others to join its ranks , and pays attention to some citizens very much more readily than others . |
| 7 | " I think our association will work very much more smoothly if we stay completely neutral business acquaintances . " |
| 8 | The great advantages of using a computer lie in its ability to select the records of specific kinds of people very much more quickly than is possible with a manual record system , and to extract and present information required in a wide variety of formats These two applications of a computer not only save a vast amount of time . |
| 9 | The newest waste disposers can handle up to I litre ( 2 pints ) of waste food at a time very much more quickly than the old bone-chilling ( and bone-crunching ) models . |
| 10 | This rather static play spreads a minimum of action very thinly over more than three hours , as the characters engage in confession , renunciation , and acceptance of their past lives . |