Example sentences of "for a very [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN your car wo n't go you send for a very nice man from the breakdown services — but what do you do if something 's not quite right in your £1.85 billion reprocessing plant ? |
| 2 | ‘ Often , operatives who are self-taught or who have minimal instruction will use the equipment for a very limited range of tasks , never realising its full potential . |
| 3 | Politically , Scotland seemed to have sacrificed her independence by giving up her own Parliament in exchange for a very limited representation in that of England . |
| 4 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 5 | Though a fictional character , Cu Chulainn came to stand for a very real sense of patriotic courage and self-sacrifice . |
| 6 | In fishkeeping it is traditional to aim for a very naturalistic effect to the aquascape , but why should this be so ? |
| 7 | Castells has now moved on to new areas of research , one of these being new forms of communications technology and the threats and opportunities represented by such developments.3 Meanwhile , however , his emphasis on consumption set the tone for a very thriving area of urban sociology by later writers in this tradition . |
| 8 | The war was now a long distance away ; everything was quiet , except for a very faint rumble of artillery in the distance , in the direction of the River Seine . |
| 9 | As well as keeping our name , we have also retained the same determination , first shown over 90 years ago , to help and care for a very deserving group of people which is generally overlooked by most charities . |
| 10 | ‘ It was my responsibility as a project to establish the whole thing , ’ he said proudly , adding that his work at Newcastle called for a very broad range of expertise . |
| 11 | ‘ At issue is a major part of the transmission system catering for a very substantial part of the country 's generation capacity . ’ |
| 12 | The clearing system , being nationwide and increasingly computerized , makes for a very efficient system of transmitting payments . |
| 13 | Well I 'm looking for a very good friend of mine er who I served in the army with called Tony . |
| 14 | Well executed joiner work and solid timber nicely matched with face veneers of bulkheads make for a very pleasant ambience in the saloon . |
| 15 | Bob Haboldt , who showed a mixture of Italian , French , Dutch and Flemish works mostly priced at FFr 50–150,000 , sold four , but found collectors surprised by the FFr 500,000 ( £51,500 ; $89,700 ) he was asking for a very rare study of deer by Jan Brueghel the Elder and the FFr 400,000 ( £41,200 ; $71,750 ) he expected for a study of standing men by Pietro da Cortona . |
| 16 | Try knitting your skirt with ‘ handkerchief ’ points for a very new look for more ‘ dressed up ’ occasions . |
| 17 | ‘ Thanks to Glaxo 's generosity , we will be able to transfer our dermatology outpatients to our main site years ahead of schedule and create a state-of-the-art service for a very vulnerable group of patients . ’ |
| 18 | Model Nikki is on target for a very strange tan in fringed bikini , cowboy boots , bandana and six-shooter . |
| 19 | So if you complain about your council tax , do n't , students are exempt anyway so that 's alright , if you complain about your council tax do n't because it only pays for a very small fraction of what local authorities spend . |
| 20 | In general we find that , for a very small increase in , for example , wages , we tend to spend a lot more , proportionately , on holidays . |
| 21 | And I hope that members appreciate as I say , the range and scale of work , which is that , you will also have seen that they 've been able to open now one evening a week , and for a very small service with a budget of about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds , erm they are doing sterling work . |
| 22 | And anyway , I 'm only there for a very small part of the year ; I spend most of my time at school , where there 's twelve beds to a room … dorm … and one can never be alone , it 's not allowed . ’ |
| 23 | Is it necessary to use half a page to illustrate a light walking boot or a full page for a very small drawing of a three-print sit-bag ? |
| 24 | That is , the employer will have places for a very small number of newcomers to the profession who are not yet union members . |
| 25 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 26 | And for a very small number of patients it may also avert a psychiatric disorder . |
| 27 | Now ethnic arts is really playing for a very small number of people . |
| 28 | Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted . |
| 29 | The labels , racism and sexism , are used as summary terms for a very wide range of attitudes , behaviours and institutional processes which result in unequal access to material resources and personal dignity and choices . |
| 30 | Not only will the advent of records of achievement and GCSE together make considerable demands in this respect in terms of time , it will also require teachers to engage in in-service activities for a very wide range of different assessment procedures . |