Example sentences of "very [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think your point is in effect met , but we have to observe very properly the requirements of the law . |
| 2 | From these three major sources it can be seen that rape and sexual assault are very rarely the subject of investigative journalism outside of some judicial context . |
| 3 | It is very rarely the case in real life that we can predict in detail the form and content of the language which we will encounter , but , given all of the ethnographic information we have specified , the actual occurring utterance is much more likely ( hence , we assume , much more readily processed by the addressee ) than any of the following ‘ utterances ’ which did not occur : |
| 4 | Furthermore , Mr Farraday had made it clear that he planned to hold only very rarely the sort of large social occasions Darlington Hall had seen frequently in the past . |
| 5 | What , for instance , would Ken have in common with Andrew Ray , who was then just twenty-three years old ( Ken was now forty ) and who made known and very clear the attraction he felt for a pretty girl ? |
| 6 | Cambridge and Knapp make very clear the relationship of consumerism to community care : |
| 7 | Very slowly an idea began to form at the back of his mind . |
| 8 | Slowly , very slowly the minutes went by . |
| 9 | Then very , very slowly the arms are raised to shoulder level , with the palms facing downwards . |
| 10 | Very slowly the boy cut himself another slice and began to eat it . |
| 11 | Very slowly the curtain opened . |
| 12 | Because the cells move very slowly the process is best seen when speeded up in a time-lapse film . |
| 13 | Paige found herself quite hungry , but that was probably because she 'd eaten very little the night before . |
| 14 | One of the signs of the eclipse of classics by English was the foundation in 1907 of the English Association which was to propound very effectively the view that the new discipline had become " our finest vehicle for a genuine humanistic education " and that " its importance in this respect was growing with the disappearance of Latin and Greek from the curricula of our schools and universities . " |
| 15 | At the very most a purchaser may be prepared to accept responsibility only for liabilities arising in the ordinary course of the business . |
| 16 | We 've had very since the trouble , certainly over the past month since Christmas . |
| 17 | Sure enough before very long a show record was broken . |
| 18 | Before very long the view of Rhee 's helpful conduct was to undergo radical revision . |
| 19 | The public may find it hard to stomach for very long the fact that schools in one area should be much better or worse funded than those in neighbouring areas , or that age weightings should vary greatly from one area to another . |
| 20 | So he stood with her , and held her , and very soon nature began to teach them both what to do , and before very long the neighbours heard a little shriek come from Pascoe 's cottage , and the old wives glanced and nodded to each other , content that the marriage had been consummated , and anxious to share with each other reminiscences of their own experiences in similar circumstances . |
| 21 | ‘ But the style of rugby I saw in August over there , and that we have seen on their tour of France and England , indicates that before very long the Springboks will be up there with the best . |
| 22 | The whole feel of the song She 's Got It Bad is very obviously a nod in James Brown 's direction , and Shaun 's bassline is a vital part of this . |
| 23 | This is very obviously the approach of someone writing exclusively and specifically for the young . |
| 24 | The heat , redness , pain and swelling are the classical signs of inflammation and are very obviously the result of the body 's reaction to the infection and not the cause of the illness . |
| 25 | Very gingerly the boy began to cut a thin slice of the vast cake . |
| 26 | The only solution is to reduce very greatly the use of water , and every individual is involved . |
| 27 | Mr Sayers added : ‘ Very sensibly the public have been warned that he is extremely dangerous and should not be approached . ’ |
| 28 | On top of this , I then crayoned very gently the colours required to build up the facial structure . |
| 29 | But from my own researches it became plain to me that she was very much a person of her times , as compared with Beatrice Webb who became so much a critic of her times . |
| 30 | It is very much a cash-flow decision . ’ |