Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lower down it was reported that a very large number of trees , including several fine and ancient specimens , were blown down in Borders Region . |
| 2 | In turning to the left criticism of Distant Voices , Still Lives and A Very British Coup , we need to make a distinction between what I shall term the ‘ core ’ and the ‘ periphery ’ journals . |
| 3 | But , despite these glimmers of hope , this survey of the left 's response to Distant Voices , Still Lives and A Very British Coup has , on the whole , demonstrated how much the mainstream operates a hegemony in the area of critical discourse . |
| 4 | This would be easier to flat-pack and cost the maker exactly £22 , constructing it entirely by hand and purchasing all materials at retail prices from his local DIY store , thereby , I hoped , proving that a very comfortable profit could be made while still considerably undercutting the funeral directors . |
| 5 | In the 1920s and 1930s , doctors in the UK and USA began to realize that a very high proportion of their lung cancer patients had been heavy smokers . |
| 6 | Both Bruch and Minuchin show that a very small minority of anorexics commit suicide , but at the same time Bruch resists , as I do , the description of anorexia nervosa as ‘ suicide in refracted doses ’ . |
| 7 | During this enforced week , even the faithful and normally encouraging Davidson wrote to tell him that ‘ Every mongrel is yapping , believing that a very tired fox has gone to ground at Chequers , with no fight left in him . ’ |
| 8 | It is important to remember that a very confused person lives just in each moment , the ‘ now ’ , even if they do n't remember what happened five minutes ago . |
| 9 | It is important to remember that a very large percentage of jobs never come on to the open market but are filled from within the firm , by people applying ‘ on spec. ’ or by people who hear about a vacancy from friends or colleagues working in the same field . |
| 10 | Passing sentence , Lord Ross , the Lord Justice Clerk , told Brown : ‘ The court has repeatedly said that a very serious view will be taken of assaults with a knife . |
| 11 | It is seen that a very small change in logical rigour at this point in its range , perhaps a slight deficiency of knowledge in a subject , can have a disproportionate effect on the outcome . |
| 12 | We have seen that a very important part of a gene 's environment is the other genes that it is likely to meet in successive bodies as the generations go by . |
| 13 | It is possible to put them out of balance tolerances and could lead to flutter and a very bad day . |
| 14 | Er , certainly evidence seems to suggest that a very genuine and close relationship developed with his father . |
| 15 | It showed that a very substantial cut in pollution emissions was required to allow the natural environment to recover . |
| 16 | Clarinets or horns or both together may be used if a very rich sound is required . |
| 17 | ‘ Money has been offered and a very large amount , so it seems best to accept the assignment thankfully . |
| 18 | One of the passenger doors opened and a very tall and very black-skinned man climbed slowly into the sunlight . |
| 19 | I was near the Bridge of the Spaniards when a car overtook me and stopped , the door was opened and a very friendly fellow at the wheel invited me in . |
| 20 | My door was opened and a very young-looking man in a peaked cap was shown in . |
| 21 | She stared , hypnotised , as the heavy iron latch lifted , the door opened and a very tall man backed into the room , ducking his head to clear the lintel , his attention on the tray he was carrying . |
| 22 | Consider whether a very bold , outrageous , or dramatic look would be too overwhelming in a dining room which all the family are going to want to use at different times . |
| 23 | As such it has been used as a very weak tea ( 6g/¼oz to 600ml/1 pint/2½ cups of water ) ( one cup per day ) by male artists and craftsmen . |
| 24 | As far as BCCI is concerned , it is understood that a very high proportion of the loans made by BCCI have some sort of deposit associated , and this will obviously make a substantial difference to the amount which can be claimed on behalf of BCCI . |
| 25 | We know that a very difficult struggle is in store for us . ’ |
| 26 | I know that a very large number of people get a great deal of pleasure and fun out of gambling . |
| 27 | While artisans certainly had better opportunities than had most of the lower orders , it is probably unwise to insist that a very wide behavioural gap separated them from the " crowd " , at least until the last years of the eighteenth century . |
| 28 | But in another sense they raise a much more serious issue , one likely to arise in many jurisdictions whenever the defendant is not an individual but a corporation or some other form of association ; and it will be recognised that a very great proportion of international litigation does involve corporate defendants . |
| 29 | First we must begin to recognise that a very real division is incorporated into the existing structure of housing between the public and private sectors , where the public sector is increasingly just a residual back-up for single-parent families , minority and ethnic groups . |
| 30 | I find that a very difficult situation , because I can see the merits in most people . |