Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | And by the way , Steven , I did not find your views about Pakistanis very humorous . |
| 2 | Several wartime reconstruction working parties in the Ministry had outlined plans for reorganisation very similar to those adopted by the Labour Government . |
| 3 | In the first case aid has frequently freed government revenue for purposes very different to those the donors would support ( a new presidential palace , a larger army , a new capital city ) ; in the second case corruption has affected the allocation of contracts in ways which damage project execution . |
| 4 | If your document is short you will not be able to stop it being printed unless you tap Esc for Escape very quickly |
| 5 | Okay , so there you are you see , you 're , you 're a first aider and you come up to the person and you hold it the way you did last time and you think ah , now that 's the wrong way round of course , there 's my elbow point , there 's my injured elbow , so I have to be that way round , mm , so you turn it round the other way , right , your elbow shape goes to the injured elbow and your long line goes straight up and down the line of the body , you arrange it so that you only just covering the forearm there , with just enough above the hand to tie your reef knot that would be too little and that would be too much just enough above the hands to tie your reef knot , the first thing you do is to tuck nice , big bit of material right under the hand and anchor it into position , just keep that resting there and all the rest of this goes under the arm up between the shoulder blades there and you tie your first half of the reef knot just above the fingers in the hollow of the neck here , now that 's important because round the back here if you press on that bit of muscle there , there 's a big band of muscle , if you 've got a knot on that it gives a great deal of discomfort very quickly so you want to get the knots round in the hollow here that does n't hurt your casualty , there , draw it up half the knot , is that tight enough ? |
| 6 | In 1759 Garrick had delighted London audiences by celebrating Quiberon Bay with his song ‘ Heart of Oak ’ , and its lines ‘ T is to glory we steer , To add something new to this wonderful year ’ fitted the mood of a steady succession of triumphs very well . |
| 7 | One of the absolutely necessary qualities of any writer of fiction is the possession of what is called empathy , the ability to see life through the eyes of people very different from oneself . |
| 8 | The overall purpose of this Unit is to help teachers develop their understanding of the nature of language , and of its role in society , and on that basis to improve their classroom practice in teaching , through the medium of English , speakers of languages other than English , and speakers of varieties very different from Standard British English . |
| 9 | In practice of course very many speakers fell outside the target quota . |
| 10 | They like analyzing and they like sort of practising or getting involved with complex things sort of complex piece of work very , they 're really happy in the training session to get involved whereas some people if you put something very hard , they 'll actually back away from it wo n't they cos they think well this is new , I do n't really understand this , whereas theorists will ac they actually enjoy they enjoy the stretch they enjoy the challenge . |
| 11 | Then you could get a , a piece of wood very , very rough , understand me and then cast and then you could get the cast in down to exaction , you follow what I mean and then er you could what you want . |
| 12 | Er , but , you can talk about other aspects of English very , very easily with other people and that is what you read in newspapers , okay . |
| 13 | Each will then agree , as a second best , to a doctrine of justice to which all or nearly all members of society could agree ( as a second best ) if they argue rationally each from his different conception of the good provided they are united in ranking the need for a public conception of justice very highly in their order of priorities . |
| 14 | Stephen tied it up but the string broke and he had to drive the car into Hilderbridge very slowly and carefully so as not to overheat the engine . |
| 15 | The response above would mean that the pupil found using computers in school very exciting , quite interesting and useless for girls . |
| 16 | Bonington commented on his experiences at sea : ‘ I am not a natural sailor and found being on a very small boat without exercise very trying . |
| 17 | Assessment of capital very much influenced that , and it was ‘ of the highest importance ’ that it was at all times a proper influence . |
| 18 | He revels in the memory of it , making it froth and lather all round the alleys and back-yards of youth very nearly up to the roof-tops . |
| 19 | They teach small groups of students very short lessons concentrating on one particular set of skills . |
| 20 | School seems to offer both our groups of informants very little in the way of opportunities alternative to those formulated in the official theory of educational establishments . |
| 21 | Many residential homes are now beginning to take this kind of approach very seriously , as Nightingale House does . |
| 22 | She finds , however , this kind of work very difficult ‘ When the parents are equally decent and competent , or the reverse , it is very difficult to make a decision as to where the children should reside on breakdown of the parents ’ marriage . |
| 23 | This occurs when the utterance of one speaker makes a particular kind of response very likely . |
| 24 | We got attention straight away , we got some kind of profile very easily . |
| 25 | I would like to have said that I thought Mr. Braden should be reminded that there were ladies present , but instead I said , " I do n't know if the ladies enjoy this kind of talk very much . " |
| 26 | I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’ |
| 27 | And this is the sort of thing that he says , and he says this kind of thing very frequently . |
| 28 | In the dim light from the gallery Isabel saw that all traces of mockery had vanished ; his profile was grim and hard , the look of danger very pronounced . |
| 29 | The modelling of the Gorgon 's face resembles that of the Dipylon head ( fig. 15 ) , and she stands to her perhaps slightly later sister of Corfu very much as that stands to the Delphi twins ( fig. 16 ) : the Attic works have perhaps less charm but more power . |
| 30 | This sander smooths large areas of timber very efficiently |