Example sentences of "[adv prt] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dip the base in hormone rooting powder and insert in very free-draining rooting compost , or equal parts peat and sand , four or five cuttings round the edge of a 5in pot . |
| 2 | This suggests the hypothesis that one of the features of autism is a lack of central control of thinking similar to that found in very young normal children . |
| 3 | The source of energy for a muscle contraction is Adenosine Triphosphate ( A.T.P. ) and this occurs in very small amounts in human muscle . |
| 4 | He came in very late , wary , watchful . |
| 5 | Moreover the basic picture of Milton himself , though only sketched in very lightly , is completely authentic : |
| 6 | Add the ginger wine and , finally , the stem ginger , mixing it in very thoroughly . |
| 7 | I prefer it coated in very coarsely grated black pepper and it should always be sliced extremely thinly . |
| 8 | Their hospitality pack of shampoo gave her coat a lovely sheen and the hairdryer came in very useful . |
| 9 | He envisages the ambience of the place as ‘ discernibly British ’ and wants to see an element of ‘ commercial ’ use : private art galleries , bookshops and design studios would fit in very well , and there could be restaurants off the splendid riverside terrace , which would make a fine sculpture park . |
| 10 | Obviously , in an ideal world you 'd have a different spanner for every nut , but for the time being a couple of adjustable spanners will come in very handy ( you need two because often you will have to grip a nut as well as a bolt ) . |
| 11 | The observers met some very good teachers who were working in very unsympathetic conditions within a school , and other teachers who were muddled in their thinking about aims , and yet others who did not know how to bring any educational or artistic guts to the drama lesson . |
| 12 | The warmer the climate the more they are in evidence , because the living reptiles are ‘ cold blooded ’ ( without their own internal heat regulator ) and they can not successfully live in very cold climates . |
| 13 | An intriguing , though not widely accepted notion is that the first large organic molecules arose in very special circumstances , such as the hot springs ( hydrothermal vents ) that well up from volcanoes at the bottom of the sea . |
| 14 | All mechanical parts seem in very good order and the vehicle has not been in any accidents . |
| 15 | The category of underemployment refers to an area of work that includes street selling , shoe-shining , refuse collecting for sale , prostitution and many other activities which offer no security and bring in very meagre earnings . |
| 16 | Some hours later , after a torrential thunderstorm , the wriggling foot , that had been kicking in very strange places , finally broke through and I soke at five in the morning with a warm , wet feeling . |
| 17 | I was panicking a bit about a week before the sale as stuff was not coming in very quickly but thanks to Nursery Needs and all those who did last minute searches we had a good amount of stuff to sell in the end . |
| 18 | It will be argued that the circumstances of Nepal and Zambia are not unusual in that a set of political preconditions for a successful soil conservation policy are not present , and only exist in very rare circumstances ( the most outstanding examples being the Republic of South Africa , and South Korea ) . |
| 19 | The genesis of political consciousness towards conservation programmes arose in very different circumstances , but its development has been moving in the same directions as family planning programmes . |
| 20 | Filters : Brush off loose debris , immerse in very hot alkali degreaser solution and leave for some hours . |
| 21 | Most pesticides are lethal to earthworms on or near the surface , and some can kill in very small concentrations to a great depth . |
| 22 | As rye will grow in very cold conditions , it is probably the best catch crop for autumn and spring grazing , For this purpose it is autumn sown after wheat or barley and before roots . |
| 23 | The designs were by Hanns Ebensten , his last collaboration with John , because he gave up his ambitions to make a career in stage design after he had visited the homes of two other ballet designers , both highly regarded and much in demand , but both living in very modest circumstances . |
| 24 | If they compromise in very small amounts they will become a stronger and bigger band . |
| 25 | As you can see , unless you only sail in very strong winds a wide tailed board is more suited to European conditions . |
| 26 | Sure , that might just come in very handy . ’ |
| 27 | Thus a view that a subordinate is obstructive must be redefined in terms of observable effects : refuses to do over-time ; objects to all new ideas or suggestions ( all suggestions or just some ? ) ; does not provide vital information when needed ; persists in coming in very late for regular meetings and so on . |
| 28 | Here they operate in very different surroundings to Blackpool 's , as seen on this page : — |
| 29 | I. In their lower courses the larger 5th Order rivers flow in very wide valleys across the lowland plains . |
| 30 | Yet the point of this short section has been to establish that where the jurists did face similar problems in coping with defective trust dispositions , they proceeded in very much the same way as they had done with legacies . |