Example sentences of "[is] at the very [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to It 's at the very back , I can see it . |
| 2 | ‘ The château 's at the very top of the hill , ’ she wailed to herself . |
| 3 | Guideline 1 : The best time to start is at the very beginning |
| 4 | It is certainly true that they enact an awareness of the efficacy of penance which is at the very foundation of Christian spirituality ; but it also true that part of their potency depends on an understanding of the joy of " brennyng in loue ouur al thynge " when : The meditation on the Passion in Ego Dormio , on the other hand , engages directly with the experience of receiving such a gift . |
| 5 | Data integration is especially a problem for geographers because information synthesis is at the very heart of the discipline . |
| 6 | Spelling is at the very heart of information technology but , so far in IT Year , it has been largely ignored . |
| 7 | It is the ability and willingness to make this mental effort that is at the very heart of the success or failure of the human race to create a viable religion . |
| 8 | This pleasure would appear to have been remote from the adult satisfactions mentioned in the previous paragraph and is a manifestation of the ‘ joie de vivre ’ which is at the very heart of the urge for life , which is itself the product of ‘ desire ’ as introduced and discussed in the Second Period . |
| 9 | Even more important than the nature of the upper is the midsole , for that is at the very heart of the boot 's performance . |
| 10 | This principle is at the very heart of all the recommendations relating to drama within the English curriculum that are put forward in this chapter . |
| 11 | The difference is at the very heart of the plot . |
| 12 | But as we have seen , this is at the very heart of the problem of the survival of free institutions , because if this policy is pursued it would be impossible to stop the drift to totalitarianism . |
| 13 | Christians would claim that this parable is at the very heart of the meaning of prayer . |
| 14 | This column is genuinely not written with a sense of criticism , but I believe it does demonstrate one of the problems that is at the very heart of British tennis — lack of a sense of vision , a sense of belief and a passionate desire to achieve at the very highest echelons of the world game and not to be content to make a comfortable living in a relatively small pond . |
| 15 | But this balance of opposites is at the very heart of the High Elves ' concepts of rulership — being ruled by a single all-powerful dictator would be unthinkable to them . |
| 16 | Energy is at the very heart of the longest of these pieces , the Commonwealth Christmas Overture , which brings a riotous conclusion to the disc . |
| 17 | Like Benno Moiseiwitsch , Cortot confessed to a special affection for Schumann , whose music is at the very heart of romanticism . |
| 18 | And freedom is at the very heart of the idea that is America . |
| 19 | It is because this garret is at the very heart of Government . |
| 20 | Review by Keith Thompson LIKE it or loathe it , Victorian Music Hall is at the very root of modern British mainstream comedy . |