Example sentences of "are [adv] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food preferences are obviously a very individual matter . |
| 2 | It perhaps is a function of the early stage of interpreter development in the UK ( though there are only a very few positive indications that the situation is different in other more developed countries ) and one can expect a change of provision , attitude and therefore skill . |
| 3 | In addition , because there are only a very few , small sites available for redevelopment , new investors would be pushing out present occupiers if the development were to be economically viable . |
| 4 | I think that 's a very good question , I think though that that has been looked at very very thoroughly by the County Council , and certainly there are only a very limited number of options available around York which would actually meet the needs of York . |
| 5 | Orfe are generally a very hardy species and can easily withstand the cold winter temperatures that will occur in the pond . |
| 6 | The examples of threatened buildings and open spaces covered in the next eighteen sections are just a very small selection of cases with which SAVE has been involved . |
| 7 | To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is . |
| 8 | They were trained as gun-dogs unfortunately , but are nonetheless a very affectionate breed . |
| 9 | As a company and as individuals , we are still a very long way from the goals set at the outset of TOP in February 1992 and much remains to be done . |
| 10 | Dear Lydia , said her head , you are clearly a very neurotic woman . |
| 11 | They are clearly a very cost–effective form of risk assessment ; the situation will have been examined at a level of detail and expertise not usually available to individual companies . |
| 12 | Now clearly there are , you know , methodological issues here , who replied on the questionnaire and so on , but there are clearly a very large number of replies , a very large number of students up in the , you know , several hundreds , who perceive themselves to be being sexually harassed . |
| 13 | They are also a very ancient group , with many Carboniferous representatives and a number of preferns in the Devonian as well ( plate 59 ) . |
| 14 | We are also a very large independent producer of natural gas through Enron Oil & Gas Company and are active in cogeneration and independent power production with extensive experience in combined heat and power installations . |
| 15 | For some younger visitors , it was all a little above their heads … they were even wary of the Right Honourable Michael Heseltine … but even for older patrons , like the eminent historian Sir Ernst Gombrich , cartoons are often a very serious business , especially when it comes to being featured yourself . |
| 16 | Could this be because ballet lessons are now a very middle-class thing , like ponies ? |
| 17 | Sample surveys are now a very common part of life and they are used in market research , in government administration , and so on . |
| 18 | There is a need for such evaluators , but they are surely a very minor part in a much larger process , for evaluation is foremost an attitude of mind backed up by a series of techniques which may , indeed , be very simple and which affect all the workers from the start and throughout the project . |
| 19 | It is the flesh , not the bones that are potentially a very serious problem . |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Kyte , you are either a very good actress , or an innocent victim of an old lady 's wiles . |
| 21 | Publishers ' blurbs — i.e. the brief descriptions of books on the insides of dust covers — may sometimes be used as selection information by librarians , and are certainly a very important factor for readers selecting from library shelves , though they constitute at best a dubious selection instrument for librarians and readers alike . |