Example sentences of "very [adj] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The standard of manual design has traditionally been very low for several reasons . |
| 2 | This system of learning is very different for some students and it might help at the beginning of the academic year to introduce them to it in a more measured way and look at points of pressure during the year and see if they can be released without lowering standards |
| 3 | Small print , dense layout , footnotes and detailed diagrams can be very demanding for some pupils with defective vision . |
| 4 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 5 | In Tables 6.2 and 6.3 the differences between the two groups are all in the expected direction , with the scale of the difference between the less costly and more costly being very similar for both variables ; some of the differences are large enough to be statistically significant , for example that between those who lived with others or alone in Newham at second assessment ( significant at the one per cent level ) . |
| 6 | That is a trap which people get into with acts and it is very dangerous for both sides . |
| 7 | Bill Morris , general secretary of the TGWU , said : ‘ The outcome is very encouraging for both unions . ’ |
| 8 | It 's very helpful for both sides of the community , I 'm sure , to have contact like this and I think that the programme is usually very well devised in that you do have something either of mutual interest or one area and then the other area so that we can be informed about erm what 's going on in the other section of the community . |
| 9 | ( i ) Panel interviews are very intimidating for some interviewees who feel outnumbered and have a strong sense of ‘ me against all of them ’ . |
| 10 | These also show that the measurable effects of different rates of tax were very small for most types of workers . |
| 11 | It 's not , however , very practical for most countries — or most politicians ! |
| 12 | Grouse " potted whole , stowed singly into pots with clarified butter poured over " as described by Professor Saintsbury ( the old boy did n't miss much ) are infinitely enticing , exceedingly extravagant with butter and not very practical for these days , but you can make one young cooked grouse or partridge go a very long way by the simple method of chopping the flesh , freed from all skin and sinew with about one quarter of its weight in mild , rather fat , cooked ham . |
| 13 | ‘ We have managed to keep relations very harmonious for many years and we will not let anything disrupt that harmony , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Well I think that it must be recognised that the current state of demand and supply is going to make it very difficult for most applicants , and we would be concerned to advise them not to panic unduly as a result of that , and to make their choices on the sort of rational criteria that would apply in any year . |
| 15 | This clash between school values and home values made it very difficult for some schools to tackle problems of pupil absence . |
| 16 | However , the occupation of territory is very recent for most peoples , and very often has entailed excluding the inhabitants already there . |
| 17 | Culpeper advised it as being " very effectual for all pains in the head coming of a cold cause " , and modern research seems to indicate fairly conclusively that chewing the fresh leaves daily has considerable help in curing migraine . |
| 18 | If the Goblin Fanatic manages to keep going then he quickly becomes disoriented , and will start to spin about the battlefield first one way and then another — which can be very disconcerting for all combatants ! |
| 19 | The results of this formal investigation are very significant for those employers who insert mobility clauses into employees ' contracts of employment . |