Example sentences of "[vb -s] be very [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been very little work done on the psychology of the horse . |
| 2 | There is , however , always a danger that her critics are really writing about themselves , defending their own positions , so there has been very little constructive criticism . |
| 3 | However , there has been very little success with captive breeding and few of the cubs which are born survive past the first year . |
| 4 | There has been very little research into BSL learning , and certainly no systematic analysis of the skills needed . |
| 5 | The kind of supervision suggested by the college could be achieved by guardianship ; yet guardianship under the Act has been very little used . |
| 6 | The problem with this is not merely that there has been very little serious thinking within multiculturalism about how ‘ cultural understanding ’ actually occurs , about its forms , mechanisms and limits . |
| 7 | As will be made clear in the following brief history of Marxist thought in Latin America , there has been very little interplay between the evolutions of Marxism-Leninist prescriptions for revolutionary development in Latin America , as shaped by Soviet ideologues , and the way that Latin Americans themselves have applied Marxism to their situation . |
| 8 | As we have seen , the response in England has been substantial ; in Wales , on the other hand , there has been very little reaction to the reports and teacher training for further education in the Principality is generally less well developed than in England . |
| 9 | It thus seems that there has been very little geological reworking of the Mercurian surface since the apparent planet-wide obliteration of most craters at the beginning . |
| 10 | To date , the number of cases taken in this fashion are very few and there has been very little guidance from the Courts as to the ambit of the provision . |
| 11 | However , there has been very little guidance or information from the Scottish Office relating to the transitional arrangements for RECHAR and how the Regional Council can maximise potential additional capital consents in 1993–94 . |
| 12 | There has been very little previous research on autobiographical memory . |
| 13 | In comparison there has been very little work on the psychology of masculinity and the nature of male identity , although both men ( and women ) are becoming increasingly interested in the forms masculinity might assume in the 1990s and beyond . |
| 14 | There has been very little attempt to produce an adequate framework for monitoring and evaluating such initiatives . |
| 15 | The incidence of bully/victim problems in schools within mainstream children has now been well-established ; however while it may be likely that children with special educational needs will be over-represented in such categories , there has been very little quantitative evidence on this point , or on which types of special needs children are most likely to be involved , in which way . |
| 16 | As there has been very little traffic today , I just thought I would comment on somebody 's statement that Leeds have possibly got the best squad in the premier league . |
| 17 | Here again there has been very little systematic exploration , although such universal features of the organization of interaction are good candidates for potentially important functional pressures on linguistic structure . |
| 18 | ‘ There has been very little criticism over price increases . |
| 19 | ‘ We have a homogeneous population , there has been very little immigration into Scotland and we have fantastic records . |
| 20 | ‘ There has been very little objective research into the work done by reporters and its effectiveness , ’ said Mr Miller . |
| 21 | Though we feel ourselves to be much more comfortable now than we used to be , there has been very little increase in domestic fuel demand over fifty years or more . |
| 22 | Thus far , the emphasis has been very much on the natural science aspects of environmental monitoring and prediction . |
| 23 | I am sure our experience with our youngest child has been very much due to the fact that the whole family has been involved . |
| 24 | It must be stressed that this is only a possibility ( and that the explanation has been very much simplified ) , but more and more researches are showing that it probably approximates to the truth . |
| 25 | I endorse what the hon. Gentleman says about the responsibility that politicians of all constitutional parties have , and a willingness so to talk has been very much present in recent years . |
| 26 | The issue has been very much on the minds of some of the current councillors after the South Eastern Education and Library Board decided to place Lisburn above Bangor in the priority list for new library premises . |
| 27 | Her work has been very much as ‘ back-room ’ for her husband in his political career , and jointly with him in their shared interests — two books on the church architecture of London and one on Northern Lazio in Italy . |
| 28 | Well , you never go in an unrealistic influencing situation , and er , the other one would have said , well , we 've had situations where it has been very much a line type decision . |
| 29 | That 's quite specific to the tax bracket but the source of work in Leeds has been very much from er corporate finance and from the insolvency practice , whilst that is er obviously a way forward for us in the initial stages . |
| 30 | CUSHENDALL 'S determination to hold onto their Antrim senior hurling crown has been very much in evidence during this year 's campaign to date . |