Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thin edged-woodworking cutter blunts very quickly and at times produces a very chipped or chattering surface , so it is modified ( fig.1 ) . |
| 2 | The distinction appeared to be maintainable while the courts applied a very limited form of review . |
| 3 | Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the problems of the site is the authorities want a very grandiose scheme with the roadworks , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 5 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 6 | With income tax at three shillings in the pound , diphtheria , bronchitis , tuberculosis , and scarlet fever combining with the efforts of the ubiquitous ‘ nit ’ , teachers in schools in the industrial districts led a very different life from the polite school environment of the West End or the South Side . |
| 7 | For slow-moving expressive passages in the tenor register a horn or two added to the cellos produces a very beautiful rich tone-quality in p and mf . |
| 8 | The insectivorous bats are not unique , for another group of animals uses a very similar system — the toothed whales . |
| 9 | Photographs taken of the ceiling and archive material have helped to inspire the designers to create a very grand Acanthus scroll pattern , coloured in rich red with gold accents . |
| 10 | But the densely populated central provinces present a very different picture . |
| 11 | The nave is wide and long , with immense piers supporting a very high domical , groined vault . |
| 12 | But she had no concert , and no engagement socially , since she knew hardly anyone in London , the small hotel in Earls Court was not productive of amusing company , and the television was surrounded by a handful of determined fans watching a very boring boxing match . |
| 13 | But most journalists take a very negative line on things . |
| 14 | Old Congress Poland , the section controlled by the Russians , had about 1,000 miles of track by 1890 ; the Austrian and Prussian sectors had a very highly developed system with over 50 lines running up to the old Russian border . |
| 15 | There was a glittering look in those dark eyes but his lips had a very sardonic twist and she knew he was about to make some scathing comment . |
| 16 | ‘ Children 's books had a very good time , with exceptionally good sales of hardbacks . |
| 17 | Ectotherms have a very short heart-brain separation . |
| 18 | First thing to be said about them is that they 're all proteins covering a very wide range of molecular weights between three and three hundred kilobocals three thousand to three hundred thousand bocals . |
| 19 | I sometimes think dentists have a very interesting relationship with their patients . |
| 20 | The writings of these authors have a very particular literary function . |
| 21 | Sutcliffe 's data show that these speakers have a very clear idea of what , for them , constitutes a basilectal utterance . |
| 22 | Watt was not alone as an engineer and canal-builder , and his work laid the foundations of the industrial north of England , together with Thomas Telford of Dumfriesshire , greatest of the early civil engineers , William Symington , who designed and built the first steamship in the world as well as giving poet Robert Burns a rough ride during its promotional voyage on Dalswinton Loch , Henry Bell and his Comet , Nasmyth , there is nae doot that the Scots have a very special genius . |
| 23 | And the US authorities operated a very lax merger policy : essentially , they approved all proposed mergers . |
| 24 | The trace elements in Sassanian silver provide one example , copper from the Hartz mountains has a very distinctive pattern of high concentrations of arsenic , cobalt , nickel and antimony , and there are a significant number of similar studies . |
| 25 | After an unhappy childhood ( his parents suffered a very public divorce in 1912 ) Paul Mellon read various subjects at Yale followed by a happy year at Cambridge , England , where he discovered fox-hunting and horse racing a lifelong passion . |
| 26 | On Saturday 18 July , Congress excursions visit a very wide range of sites in and around Berlin . |
| 27 | Shortly afterwards , she appointed John Bacon [ q.v. ] as supervisor , and his neo-classical models set a very high standard of design . |
| 28 | produced by passing paper through a series of metal rollers to give a very smooth surface . |
| 29 | However , three LCA crews saw a Very light above the mist and came in with three motor gun boat escorts . |
| 30 | Victorian and Edwardian models fetch a very good price ! |