Example sentences of "with a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She comes up here , throws herself at a man who may or may not be her brother , but who is undoubtedly mixed up in a very unsavoury episode in his country 's history , lets him persuade her to fool around with a very dangerous drug … |
| 2 | It is so time-consuming that you need to look at the end result with a very critical eye and decide whether it was worth the time it took to produce . |
| 3 | The oral shield is triangular but with a very prominent distal lobe giving the plate an arrow shape . |
| 4 | No help at all , I should think — I once fell asleep while she was arguing the pros and cons of Henry versus Hank-from-Texas , and toppled onto the floor with a very loud crash which woke everyone up . |
| 5 | The result has all the colourful character of other hand dragged kitchens , but with a very real and visible bonus . |
| 6 | The worst fear is that temperatures will rise most dramatically a t the poles , with a very real possibility that the huge ice caps at the North and South Poles wills tart breaking up and melting . |
| 7 | But the thought that a credit card company — or some sleazy store — might one day reveal the contents of my shopping bag to the nation ( or , more particularly , to my husband ) fills me with a very real dread . |
| 8 | Like many soldierly rulers of his time — like many soldierly rulers since — he seems to have been both a superstitious man and one imbued with a very real sense of the sacred . |
| 9 | Most disturbing , for socialists , is the profound unpopularity of trade unionism and trade union action , combined with a very real decline in working-class involvement in union organisation . |
| 10 | With a very real danger of invasion by Japan everybody did their bit . |
| 11 | Alcohol and tobacco are generally assumed to be products with a very inelastic demand . |
| 12 | Blau Castello is a relatively new Danish cheese with a very creamy paste and slightly sharp but tempered flavour . |
| 13 | These are much in evidence in the slow movement too , which is played here with a very stately , almost Mahlerian lilt . |
| 14 | The work starts with a very action-orientated point of view : the functional role of the mind is to support adaptive , intelligent action . |
| 15 | But it comes with a very annoying gyrating sound as the mirror , activated by the music source , vibrates to reflect the light beam on to a wall or ceiling . |
| 16 | He became aware that the Boulton & Watt steam-engines installed in so many factories in the first quarter of the nineteenth century could no longer be coaxed to produce more power to meet ever-growing demands , and he came up with a very elegant solution which prolonged the useful life of these engines by many years . |
| 17 | Its features are very much the same as those described earlier in connection with demi-caractère style ( see page 93 ) but with a very strong difference . |
| 18 | They have settled down , sorted out their personal problems , adjusted their lives to accommodate each other , found a way to cope with the pressure and emerged with a very strong successful partnership . |
| 19 | You will probably be amazed by the range of yarns which the garter carriage can use — smooth and slightly textured acrylics of any thickness , wool , most cottons ( although not those with a very strong twist ) and even some suitable fancy yarns , for example chenille . |
| 20 | Sotheby 's followed the Schimmel collection with a very strong mixed-owner sale that featured an unusually high percentage of Roman marbles — word from the trade was that many of them were Basia Johnson 's . |
| 21 | Equally sadly the development of a company in this way can occur with a very strong autocratic leader or a weak one . |
| 22 | The city cleverly combines cultural attractions such as museums , galleries , theatres and opera houses — with a very strong fun-loving steak . |
| 23 | Some products are sold with a very strong emphasis on after sales service , warranties , guarantees , technical advice and similar benefits . |
| 24 | He was endowed too with a very strong male chemistry . |
| 25 | Er during my comments yesterday sir , I you 'll not be surprised that if with a very strong emphasis on if , er the the panel do go for a new settlement , we do in York feel very strongly that er the issue of priority for public transport usage should be a very high one in this criteria . |
| 26 | This is especially true if a piece of evidence with a very strong and obvious bias is used , or if two contrasting views of the same event are chosen and the pupils encouraged to compare the two . |
| 27 | I was actually quite low on the activists and higher on these three but I managed to wonder sometimes where I worked ever so hard on a session I ca n't really ca n't understand you know why it 's not going very well and I thought well when I then watched other people do something that had a lot of action I thought well why did they like that more and I never I did n't know but I 've actually learnt that you have to put activities in , cos you , you know you do get people with a very strong activist preference . |
| 28 | Er and we came with a very strong view I thought certainly to conclusion and I did that er , that those things need strengthening and must be a in taking part of any further distraction er at Heathrow . |
| 29 | but he spoke quickly with a very strong accent and that |
| 30 | Just a little pocket , a little tiny , tiny torch with a very strong beam |