Example sentences of "a very [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American constitution can not be changed except through a very cumbersome and difficult constitutional procedure which requires the vote of two thirds of the members of both houses of congress and a resolution from three quarters of the leg state legislatures , so it 's not a simple majority , you ca n't just simply say oh let's add something to the constitution , very difficult indeed erm er and there has n't been a significant recent amendment to the constitution . |
| 2 | Elsewhere , Spain 's was not only an agrarian economy but also a very retarded and unproductive one , upon which was founded an often staggeringly unjust society . |
| 3 | Forehand and McMahon ( 1981 ) have written a very helpful and detailed therapeutic account of how to help parents with non-compliant children , and they have developed a method of helping these parents through an activity they call the ‘ Child 's Game ’ . |
| 4 | The outcome has been a very stable and valuable team . |
| 5 | Politically , Singapore looks set for a very stable and predictable future . |
| 6 | Also , he had committed such a very savage and ruthless attack on Charley . |
| 7 | ‘ The sawmill is a very extensive and well-laid out shop . |
| 8 | This is so even if the relationship they are worried about is a very strong one or the parting they are anxious about is a very ordinary and short one . |
| 9 | The elegant chairs and sofas had gone ; there was not a flower to be seen and , where the gold curtain had been , there was a very ordinary and rather battered door , through which they were taken to Paul de Levantiére 's tiny , chaotic office . |
| 10 | The office at Felixstowe seemed a very dull and prosaic place after those hectic nine months . |
| 11 | She must also be a very tolerant and understanding person . |
| 12 | Indeed it was a very misty and cloudy start , but the sun did break through in the west , the east getting some rain as well as the grey stuff . |
| 13 | The result has all the colourful character of other hand dragged kitchens , but with a very real and visible bonus . |
| 14 | If that were to be the case , Professor Lettario Villeri , a noted vulcanologist , said , ‘ the town of Zafferana would run a very real and serious risk of being overrun ’ . |
| 15 | In a very real and substantial sense , this deficiency in the United Kingdom constitution is remedied by the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms . |
| 16 | Many elderly people become so deeply attached to their animals , however , that when they lose them they go through a very real and depressing bereavement experience ; so every effort should be made to help them to keep their animals properly fed , groomed and exercised when they begin to find this difficult to cope with themselves . |
| 17 | We are not dealing with the Christ or Christos of theology , the figure who enjoys a very real and very puissant existence in the psyches and consciences of the faithful . |
| 18 | The older youngster , on the other hand , may have a very real and concrete sexual difficulty of which he or she is perfectly conscious . |
| 19 | In spite of inflation , Americans were enjoying the beginnings of a very real and lasting period of prosperity . |
| 20 | Efficiency remains a very real and persuasive dream . |
| 21 | This is a very real and relevant issue ’ . |
| 22 | It shows a very complex and interrelated flow of funds . |
| 23 | A very complex and enjoyable game that will provide hours of fun . |
| 24 | When Symphony was originally launched in July 1984 it was the first integrated business software package and the fact that it comprised a spreadsheet , word processing , database , graphics and communications led it to be acclaimed as having a good user interface and being a very complex and powerful program . |
| 25 | Silvio is a very complex and tormented personality , someone who has great difficulty in coming to terms with the demands of life . |
| 26 | there is er , a very complex and detailed er section for a |
| 27 | What 's more , though it seems not to be generally realized , Pound recognized what had happened and acknowledged it ; he did so in the public welcome he gave to Binyon 's translations of Dante , which employ a very archaic and convoluted diction indeed . |
| 28 | But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work . |
| 29 | Flower pressing is not one of those crafts that abounds in short cuts , for it requires a very painstaking and patient approach . |
| 30 | We have already noticed that England was considered a very advanced and progressive country by European standards . |