Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English came very close to establishing a real live Queen of Beauty in the person of Elizabeth I ; her cult was that of the ever-lovely and ever-youthful Virgin Queen . |
| 2 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 3 | R : It 's true that the British seem very lacking European solidarity , but you know our activity was n't just about altruism , far from it . |
| 4 | And er the French speak very good English |
| 5 | For the brilliantly successful or the politically fortunate there are the offices of Attorney-General and Solicitor-General and about 110 superior judgeships , the latter carrying very comfortable stipends , plus pensions . |
| 6 | If to these one adds other emerging initiatives in management INSET — the management training programme now firmly in place ( Leeds City Council 1991a ) , school-led INSET , and external management courses supported by the LEA — then the massive scale of provision for management training by the 1990s becomes very clear . |
| 7 | If we compare boys of 14 years of age who opt for science with other boys , we find that the former have very cut-and-dried views on many issues . |
| 8 | The snug looked very snug tonight . |
| 9 | Alexander Thorn , formerly Professor of Engineering at Oxford , had been visiting stone circles since the 1930s making very accurate surveys . |
| 10 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |