Example sentences of "is a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is to save you time in the kitchen , which is a very hazard-filled area for slimmers . |
| 2 | It is a very small one , with narrow , herbaceous borders against a wooden fence and a triangular rose bed in one corner . |
| 3 | This is a very small sample of labouring class poetry in the eighteenth century , for as A. J. Sambrook observes with just a little exaggeration : ‘ … since the discovery in 1730 of Stephen Duck … hardly a year had passed without some peasant poet being brought forward and hailed as a ‘ natural genius ’ . ’ |
| 4 | US is a very small production outfit that produces — on a shoestring — one of the UK 's most successful ‘ youth ’ music shows : SNUB TV . |
| 5 | That is a very small percentage of the total number whose lives are in danger . |
| 6 | This is a very small steel device with not enough fence area to be of real use . |
| 7 | Chollerton is a very small town , remember . ’ |
| 8 | Trouble is , a key is a very small thing and that 's a very big bomber indeed . |
| 9 | For public transport flights it is a very small risk indeed , but it can only be regarded as a prudent action to take out personal life insurance before one voluntarily exposes oneself to the hazards of flight . |
| 10 | The new operating system has a layered architecture — the lowest layer is a very small kernel that runs very fast and is suitable for lightweight applications . |
| 11 | A full circle is divided into 360 degrees , each degree into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds , so that one second of arc is a very small angle indeed . |
| 12 | The junior Dog is a very small constellation , but is unmistakable because of the presence of Procyon , which is one of the nearest of the bright stars ; it is 11½ light-years away , and is the equal of 11 Suns . |
| 13 | Sagitta is a very small constellation , but has a distinctive shape and is therefore easy to find ; it lies directly between Altair and Beta Cygni . |
| 14 | Shown here is a very small selection which will change from time to time . |
| 15 | Although the Disability Resource project is funded under the Making Belfast Work initiative , this is a very small and indirect approach . |
| 16 | As for Athos , the third musketeer , there is a very small place of that name just outside Sauveterre-de-Béarn , on the river . |
| 17 | So the quantity of cocaine seized has increased considerably but the quantity of crack is a very small proportion of it and the quantity of crack coming into the country is minuscule . |
| 18 | She is a very small person , Charlotte , and not a beautiful woman ; but when she smiles like that , her face shines like a fine painting . |
| 19 | Taylor Rouse is a very small hostel for disabled students . |
| 20 | Policies to assist disabled drivers , for example , may be viewed as generally desirable , and in that sense may have electoral appeal ; but the people they benefit directly or indirectly is a very small minority in the population . |
| 21 | However , although any extra funds are to be welcomed , this is a very small sum when set against ten years of inaction and a massive increase in the scale of the problem . |
| 22 | On the map it is a very small place . |
| 23 | Burton , which has the large medieval church , is a very small hamlet ; Temple Hardwick has been ‘ recolonised ’ by an army depot ; Dassett Southend has a farm , a ruined medieval chapel of St James , and a priest 's house , and is now threatened by the construction of the M42 motorway . |
| 24 | I am glad to say that Girobank have agreed to refund the 10 because , said a spokeswoman , ‘ Mr Kimbrey has never been overdrawn before , is a good customer , and it is a very small amount . ’ |
| 25 | It is a very small village and so is the Primary school . |
| 26 | It is impossible for the business at that pub to be increased to such an extent , because it is a very small house . |
| 27 | There is a very small overlap , in that some consultations were recorded both in the individual universities and by inter-library loan through BLDSC . |
| 28 | Erm they 're obtained by looking at the results of the labour force survey which is a very small proportion of households surveyed each year . |
| 29 | Despite the apparent closeness of the relationship between the three plant species and the three bird ones , this is illusory in that all three plant species are geographically and altitudinally widespread in tropical America , whereas the birds are much more restricted ; moreover , the food gained from these plants is a very small proportion of the birds ' diet . |
| 30 | There is a very small chance of the odd glimpse of the sun in Argyll . |