Example sentences of "be [verb] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this technique metabolically significant compounds , like glucose or oxygen , are given a very low-activity , short-lasting , radioactive label which decays in a highly characteristic way , giving off sub-atomic particles called positrons . |
| 2 | He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme . |
| 3 | ‘ We are forecasting a very exciting time developing our activities in London and we will continue to gear our services to the clients requirements and ensure that our approach is a refreshing change . ’ |
| 4 | The great difficulty with music-hall and vaudeville , and this is a point of crucial significance to movie historians , is that they have earned or been given a very special place in the popular memory and in social history by those who recall with great fondness those heady pre-1914 days . |
| 5 | Before the first day of the project , both groups had been given a very general outline of the activities in which they would be involved . |
| 6 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 7 | His eyes seemed to fasten on her immediately and Maggie had the irritated feeling that he had been given a very uncomplimentary description of her . |
| 8 | The vitamin E level would have had to fall much further to produce a deficiency and this would have been unlikely to happen in Alan or anyone else unless they are eating a very poor diet indeed . |
| 9 | The survey also showed that many people are eating a very poor diet . |
| 10 | ‘ Many are eating a very poor diet ’ |
| 11 | The survey also showed that many people are eating a very poor diet . |
| 12 | If we are tackling a very big warren it is probable that only the most likely of the bolt-holes will have been fitted with purse nets , simply because insufficient nets are available . |
| 13 | ‘ We have to raise money ourselves to do any outings , we 're given a very small budget so we have fund raising events , and the clients have total say about how we use that . ’ |
| 14 | If you only use experiments you 're using a very limited tool box . |
| 15 | Well you 're painting a very dark picture for us this morning are n't ya ? |
| 16 | … when you put those two assessments together … they 're getting a very fair look … they 're getting a much fairer look than the Royal Shakespeare Company ever do . |
| 17 | Peter , you 're teaching a very interesting course to first year students called ‘ Energy and Applied Physics ’ . |
| 18 | Sometimes we 're se , we 're treating a very sensitive skin , sometimes we 're stre , we 're treating a very dry skin , or it could be dry and sensitive . |
| 19 | Sometimes we 're se , we 're treating a very sensitive skin , sometimes we 're stre , we 're treating a very dry skin , or it could be dry and sensitive . |
| 20 | So we 're having a very successful year I 'm pleased to say . |
| 21 | I liked it , though , when bemused visitors came up to us and said , ‘ You 're doing a very good job . ’ |
| 22 | Now some of those groups , or one of them at least , is is I think you 're saying a very friendly and sociable group and does n't present many social problems . |
| 23 | Even ( some might say especially ) in purely trading terms , Britain has been paying a very high price for her membership of the EEC . |
| 24 | I 'm concerned for the people who are waiting for housing , I 'm concerned about young people who are living in i i in ten er , on the tenth floor of high rise flats , these people have been waiting a very very long time and each time er , the er these they are , the properties are er , de-counted they are going further and further behind . |
| 25 | Even though they were retired , they had been leading a very active life . |
| 26 | Thus from a very narrow and restricted expression there has been drawn a very wide and unrestricted principle , all based on the assumed purpose of Parliament and the perceived absurdity of seeking to effect it by the language in which Parliament actually chose to express it . |
| 27 | And er can can we scrape away to say Chairman that er , you know this , this , this situation er it is not to do with government policies , we are paying a very heavy price to this country for world recession as we have paid this very high price , very very large amounts of money that had to be used for people who are unfortunate enough to fall out of employment . |
| 28 | Really I think I am able to demonstrate in the written account of the research that I am presenting a very real account of their teaching and their problems , as well as their successes . |
| 29 | Really I think I am able to demonstrate in a written account of the research that I am presenting a very real account of their teaching and their problems , as well as their successes erm sometimes I was able to observe lessons that went wrong and were very erm difficult for the teachers , as well as the lessons that were successful , so I do n't really think it the problems at the end . |
| 30 | The assumption that they are reveals a very limited conception of law . |