Example sentences of "very [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything cooks very slowly in a slo-cooker because the heating element is extremely gentle and costs no more to use than leaving a light bulb switched on for a day ( a few pence ) . |
| 2 | It has an eye , and around that eye are the circular flows of the seasons , moving very slowly in a number of distinct zones . |
| 3 | This ambiguity comes out very nicely in a different way in the case of the religious concepts and behaviour of an East African people called the Lugbara , who live in Uganda . |
| 4 | The control panel is sited very sensibly in a line-of-sight position , on the upper edge of the body , toward the neck joint . |
| 5 | Now there are occasionally criticisms from members that there is too much concentration on the elite end of sport in the Sports Federation in this instance the R Y A but what is important about the is an effort to produce a very high standard as a finished product so to speak to go to the Olympics but it also helps to concentrate minds on the bit that is missing before and help to recycle everybody 's concentration into the training area and Rod has just been talking about the year of youth and of course it follows on very naturally in a post- olympic year to launch that year of youth . |
| 6 | Cook it very gently in a covered pot for about z /z hours . |
| 7 | Personally , I hope Johnny Rogan ends his days very soon in an M3 pile-up . ’ |
| 8 | At this level of support the electoral system begins to work very handsomely in a party 's favour , and Labour came first in over three-quarters of the wards . |
| 9 | You sat down very glumly in a compartment , drank your beer and went out . |
| 10 | Adverse conditions can deteriorate water quality very quickly in a small aquarium and the water chemistry tends to fluctuate more destroying any stability . |
| 11 | I think there 's a danger , if we keep surveying a wide range over a long term , you end up by not moving forward very quickly in a particular direction . |
| 12 | Although a will can be prepared very quickly in an emergency , it is much better to take ample time to consider carefully what it should say and to make sure that you are happy with the arrangements you have made . |
| 13 | Some medicines , whether prescribed or bought from the chemist , can damage your baby very early in a pregnancy . |
| 14 | The olive-green blotches which appear on the leaves , often very early in a damp , cool season , turn black and spread to the fruit , causing ugly discolouration and sometimes cracking . |
| 15 | So very early in a horse 's life it establishes eating habits , and the horse may be very reluctant to change these habits when it is mature . |
| 16 | Some medicines , whether prescribed or bought from the chemists , can damage your baby very early in a pregnancy . |
| 17 | Policy delivery is not easily made an ‘ even-handed ’ process ; class differences influence access to professional services , some social security applicants are less well informed and more easily deterred than others , and ‘ street-level bureaucrats ’ who may be regarded as highly responsive to local needs in a white neighbourhood may be seen very differently in a black one . |
| 18 | This comes out very clearly in a conversation between Margaret and her mother , who complains that Margaret is beginning to use factory slang in her speech . |
| 19 | The prime minister put the Government 's position very clearly in a statement to the House of Commons on 3 June , the day after the Danish vote : ‘ The Government continue to believe that the deal we secured at Maastricht is in the best interests of this country . |
| 20 | She had dressed very carefully in a plain white cotton shift dress with scoop neckline , short sleeves , and flat silver sandals . |
| 21 | And then , walking behind her at a rather greater distance than might have been thought usual , came Linnet Gage in a dress that fell from her tiny waist as gracefully and naturally as a waterfall , each diaphanous tulle frill overlapping the other with perfect simplicity , her face as delicate and beautiful as rare porcelain , her blue eyes clouded by a dream of remote but tantalizing sweetness , which also touched the corners of her lips , raising them very slightly in a smile of which every man present must have wished to know the secret . |
| 22 | Sometimes the health authorities demolish the old buildings themselves and sell a cleared site for redevelopment ; sometimes they put the existing hospital on the market — very often in a dilapidated state , due to a lengthy programme of closure with minimal maintenance of the buildings . |
| 23 | Derek Bevan , whilst pointing out that the quick throw-in does not happen very often in a game situation , is convinced that , overall , it would encourage a more open style of play . |
| 24 | The PR person is very often in a cleft stick between how he knows the media will react to his story and the sometimes almost mindless enthusiasm of his client or boss . |
| 25 | We have grown our mortgage book very substantially in a stagnant housing market . |
| 26 | Abbreviations of technical words and expressions should be used only very sparingly in an examination . |
| 27 | We used to take him for walks , and this could be embarrassing , for we had to shout very loudly in an attempt at conversation . |
| 28 | It now looks very well in a 15in pot , staked against wind damage and regularly fed , and in its first year yielded a crop of more than 3lb of berries . |
| 29 | Pets are very important therapy for old people and usually get on very well in a Home . |
| 30 | She 's capable of doing very well in a major crisis . |