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 | We had decided very early that a useful little earner would be to provide B & B facilities catering mainly for railway enthusiasts and the building and grounds should therefore be returned to something like their original appearance . |
| 22 | It was very dark and a clock chimed three somewhere in the distance . |
| 23 | We have covered a lot of ground , and maybe the path through the undergrowth of arguments and data is not a very straight or a very clear one . |
| 24 | So up until then , being very cautious and a canny Scot , I hung the instrument wrapped in a piece of rag outside the window of my bed space on a nail , just in case somebody came round whilst we were either at school or the workshops . |
| 25 | Henry Veitch , from Selkirk in Scotland , was very colourful and a well-liked figure in Madeira . |
| 26 | He concludes : ‘ I am very sad that a friend can only write to another friend through a third country because of the border that separates us . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's very sad when a baby dies , ’ she said . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's very sad when a noble family dies out , ’ he said . |
| 29 | It 's wonderful to be back but it 's also very sad because a lot of people are still in Iraq and Kuwait and they need to be got out . |
| 30 | Rosie was very insecure and a bundle of nerves . |