Example sentences of "very [adj] and [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their dominant leader is Mr Marco Pannella , a deep-bronzed , ever-smiling man known as l'altissimo , because he is very tall and has a very grand manner . |
| 2 | The tail is also very broad and looks a bit like a Japanese fan when opened out fully . |
| 3 | The scarfing is very subtle and follows the natural grain of the wood almost perfectly , but I think it may be a little low down for the strengthening job it was designed to fulfil . |
| 4 | The first mile is very pleasant and gives an exquisite view of the village backed by the mountains of Torridon : one of the most beautiful prospects in the country , a classic not yet well known . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's very exciting and gets the adrenalin going , ’ says David Phillip , whose firm usually undertakes auctions in the Otley area . |
| 6 | ‘ The firm is very departmentalised and has a strong commitment to legal aid work . |
| 7 | The possible lack of investment is illustrated in Fig. 8 where the IS curve is very steep and cuts the horizontal axis at a point below the full employment level of income Y , . |
| 8 | She 's very warm and has no sense of ‘ I 'm a princess so I will keep my distance from you ’ . |
| 9 | The exterior form is tall , cubical and very simple and represents the beginning of a national style . |
| 10 | For instance , the following chord progression is fluent , and often used : After the sudden jump to E , the remaining chords ( including their versions with the 7th ) all form part of the tonality of C , so that the harmonic journey is very smooth and has an air of inevitability . |
| 11 | ‘ A line manager delivering training is very powerful and saves the company money . ’ |
| 12 | The church we are moving to , in San Bernardo do Campo , is very poor and has a membership of around 50 and needs to expand the buildings . |
| 13 | Hence we have the Law of Similars which is very ancient and predates the formulation of Homoeopathy in the eighteenth century . |
| 14 | It seems reasonable to take this as a good approximation of output per head for the chain of suppliers to the industry because the chain is very diversified and includes a wide range of UK economic activities . |
| 15 | Seen through the water the scene can look very dramatic and gives the impression of great depth to the water volume . |
| 16 | There is a general consensus that the disease is ‘ underdiagnosed rather than truly rare ’ as the lesion may be very discrete and needs a high degree of suspicion to be detected . |
| 17 | This is Lewis only nineteen this lad and very pacey and wins the corner . |
| 18 | This administrative process is very slow and limits the rate at which people can be sent back from Hong Kong . |
| 19 | Her daughter works in Rome but lives with her mother when in Naples and her ex=husband , still a good friend , lives also very close and has the adult son , but they combine for Christmas , being on good terms . |
| 20 | ‘ He gets a lot of stick about his mistakes but he 's very positive and has the confidence to keep coming for the ball . |