Example sentences of "very [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximum is reached at one or two atomic spacings ahead of the crack but the distribution is not very peaky and a fairly high tensile stress level exists over a considerable area ahead of the crack . |
| 2 | Almost colourless we found this very dry and a bit tart . |
| 3 | While it might seem very odd that a museum which is home to such Rembrandt masterpieces as the ‘ Jewish bride ’ , the ‘ Academy lesson of Dr Deyman ’ , the ‘ Night watch ’ and the ‘ Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul ’ , would allocate the funds for a much less impressive work , the Rijksmuseum has long made Rembrandt purchases a priority . |
| 4 | But it would be very odd if a corporation had no means of protecting itself against wrong ; and if its property is injured by slander it has no means of redress except by action . |
| 5 | But it would be very odd if a corporation had no means of protecting itself against wrong ; and if its property is injured by slander it has no means of redress except by action . |
| 6 | The problem can be very acute where a UK intermediate holding company holds shares in foreign companies , and dividends are paid to the foreign parent . |
| 7 | And so finally I must say to you once again , welcome to South Cambridgeshire , and I hope that this will be a very pleasant and a very informative symposium . |
| 8 | The document , written at the time , quoted Maj. Botha as saying that the " Chief Minister was very emotional when a copy of the receipt was handed over to him . |
| 9 | The ability to recast an expression from one language into the form of another depends on reference to some underlying construct of meaning which may establish a resemblance between expressions which appear very different and a distinction between expressions which appear to resemble each other . |
| 10 | She is very old and a bit soft in the head , you know ; my advice is to take this offer before she dies ! ’ |
| 11 | It 's very windy and a lot of my people have had troublew with the high winds , being knocked off the ridge . |
| 12 | There were the usual circulars , a few invitations to nothing very exciting and a batch of bills . |
| 13 | Mother and Toddler classes are currently very popular and a leaflet on this type of class is being produced . |
| 14 | " not advisable to adopt the suggestions of the Visitors : the School in its present state works exceedingly well and it is very doubtful if a more extended course of the higher branches of education would be equally beneficial to the great mass of residents in Stockport and its vicinity , who are anxious to avail themselves of the instruction afforded to their children in the School as at present constituted . " |
| 15 | And because , as we saw in Chapter 1 , the number of different ways of being dead is so much greater than the number of different ways of being alive , the chances are very high that a big random jump in genetic space will end in death . |
| 16 | From this brief résumé of the sources available to social researchers it should now be very clear that a vague wander through the bookshelves of the library is inefficient and time-wasting . |
| 17 | In Romans 8 and Galatians 5 Paul makes it very clear that a battle royal rages in the lives of believers ; a far greater battle than before their union with Christ . |
| 18 | However , they were very clear that a " gap " had somehow opened up between the favourable tone of established constitutional theory and the horrors of day-to-day political practice . |
| 19 | I sat down with LIFE and worked through their philosophy , erm in line with our own as it were , and they agreed , and I would ask them to agree this year that any paperwork or any leaflets they distribute make it very clear that a choice remains for a woman in terms of whether or not she should have an abortion , because LIFE is fairly , yes , Michael ? |
| 20 | The bridge across the gjøgv seemed very slender and a long way above the sea surging below , but we made our way safely across and walked out to the end of the hølmur to where we could overlook the gannet colony . |
| 21 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 22 | He did see himself very much as a responsible figure as far as other people 's well being was concerned when it came to this , and this was probably based on the fact that his step-brother , Terry , by his mother 's previous marriage , was classified as schizophrenic , a problem which David felt could be hereditary . ’ |
| 23 | At that point it was viewed very much as a short-term arrangement , with more suitable employment to be sought come the winter . |
| 24 | Nowadays it is regarded very much as a ‘ party trick ’ and there are only a few helicopter radios which feature an ‘ invert ’ switch . |
| 25 | But at the moment , automating the payment cycle is seen very much as a second phase , so AEI is n't taking any electronic payments from customers . |
| 26 | In the short term he sees NT very much as a client system , with take-up by the server community a couple of years away . |
| 27 | In the short term he sees NT very much as a client system , with take-up by the server community a couple of years out . |
| 28 | You are treated very much as a child even when you 're sixteen , seventeen , eighteen years old . |
| 29 | I use my own life history very much as a case study — not to privilege my chronic disability or my particular set of life events . |
| 30 | Hydrogen you can think of very much as a fuel in the manner of north sea gas and it 's got a high calorific value , it burns well and , despite rumours , it 's actually a very safe fuel as well . |