Example sentences of "for [art] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sotheby 's had a couple of rare Currier and Ives lithographs : bidding by phone for the very rare ‘ The life of a hunter . |
| 2 | Mr President , fellow members of Probus , I on your behalf would like to propose a vote of thanks to John , for the very lucid explanation he 's given to us on the operations of Trent Water . |
| 3 | RECENTLY analysed results from the now defunct X-ray observatory satellite Einstein are casting doubt on the most-popular explanation for the very small , rapidly varying quasars called BL Lac objects . |
| 4 | It may well be , however , that for the very small minority of very high income-earners where the maximum rates of direct taxation apply , taxation may have disincentive effects . |
| 5 | Direct access to university libraries is still required for those theses deposited before the individual university began participating in the BLDSC microfilming scheme , and for the very small number of UK universities which do not take part in that scheme . |
| 6 | In 1896 the ‘ Ratepayers and Inhabitants in Parish Meeting assembled [ resolved to ] hereby accord the Rev R. Burdon their grateful thanks for the very great interest he continues to show in the Parish … and hereby express their ernest ( sic ) and unanimous wish that his health might very speedily be restored and his life be prolonged for many years . ’ |
| 7 | Microsoft had i860s in its labs , but its engineers , whilst reportedly ‘ not un-impressed ’ with the part , ‘ did n't want to spend the next six years writing assembler code , ’ for the very complex processor , and shelved the port . |
| 8 | The atmosphere is always electric , so it is an easy temptation to begin uninhibitedly , even for the very experienced . |
| 9 | In windy conditions it is excellent practice in controlling the model even for the very experienced flyer . |
| 10 | ‘ MPs do n't seem to go for the very expensive end of the Indian restaurant market , ’ says Peter Grove . |
| 11 | By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal . |
| 12 | Feminists began by arguing that sex differences are artificial and insignificant , for the very good reason that the idea of natural differences had so often been used to justify discriminatory treatment against women . |
| 13 | Combined degrees in e.g. Physiology and Pharmacology mean that the student ( except for the very good ones ) is master of neither and in terms of future employment ( Ph.D . |
| 14 | All governments and powerful groups seek to acquire legitimacy , for the very good reason that it is the most efficient and stable basis for exercising power . |
| 15 | " Thank you for the very good work you have done here , " he said . |
| 16 | In fact , although George Wigg was close to Wilson , he never enjoyed the same intimate relationship , for the very good reason that he was a politician and did not enjoy Wilson 's undivided trust . |
| 17 | And this for the very good reason that the only relevant decision on the fiduciary duty — Prescott v. Birmingham — had been immediately negatived by Parliament in its application to the power of local transport authorities to fix the level of fares . |
| 18 | I must emphasise that this is only for the very good golfer . |
| 19 | The argument failed for the very good reason that the disposition of the company 's property took place when the charge was created and not when the charge was enforced ; the floating charge is an existing charge and not one arising in the future when the charge is enforced or when it crystallises . |
| 20 | The point is that if there were only one planet that had ever borne life , then it would have to be our planet , for the very good reason that ‘ we ’ are here discussing the question ! |
| 21 | The answer is that managerial hierarchy is and will remain the only way to structure unified working systems with hundreds , thousands or tens of thousands of employees , for the very good reason that managerial hierarchy is the expression of two fundamental characteristics of real work . |
| 22 | It is what makes the difference between the phrase ( 30 ) , where the first-order relation is of course qualification , and the completeness of ( 31 ) : ( 30 ) lucky Gomez ( 31 ) Gomez is lucky Similarly , this is the difference which opposes ( 32 ) and ( 33 ) , where the relation assigned is equation rather than qualification : ( 32 ) the broker , a man in a grey suit ( 33 ) the broker was a man in a grey suit The notion of " completeness " may seem vague ; again , however , we should not expect it to be defined more closely for the very good reason that fundamental notions — and we take assignment together with equation and qualification , along with the ideas of entity and property , to be the bedrock of linguistic structure — do not allow themselves to be defined . |
| 23 | said : ‘ I would like to thank all the people responsible for the Company and for the very good way that the business was handed over . |
| 24 | Yet the citizens clung to their traditional way of life out of custom and love of their cities ; and for the very practical advantage it gave them in their favourite pastime of warfare against their neighbours . |
| 25 | Kings wanted to build up reserves of bullion for the very practical reason that it would enable them to recruit armies , and it was also true that gold and silver had a great power to dazzle men 's minds . |
| 26 | But when due allowance has been made for the very various functions of castles , as administrative and social as well as military centres , it remains true that they were formidable military weapons , and that some of the most remarkable technological advances of the twelfth century were made in the improvement of siege engines and of a castle 's defences . |
| 27 | Local authorities , striving to fulfil the UK government 's policy of community care , are facing increasing expenditure on such items as house adaptations , designed to promote continuing self-care and autonomy for the very disabled , among whom elderly people are prominent . |
| 28 | Other routines are pure flights of fancy , all the more extraordinary for the very ordinary setting . |
| 29 | Their toys were few , often home-made , and , except for the very rich , their pets were usually purposeful — a pony for riding , a dog for shooting and hunting . |
| 30 | The same government that reduced substantially the taxation rates for the very rich did very little , apart from reducing the basic rate of tax from 33 per cent to 30 per cent , for the low-income groups . |