Example sentences of "very [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was terrible for her and left her very shaken up .
2 As you can see , if you have a row of consecutive labels the effect is very crushed up .
3 Although historically the district had good relations with its units , it was also very devolved managerially , and had two self-governing trusts in the first wave .
4 After about two years she met a man whom she loved and agreed to marry although worried that her daughter had stayed very withdrawn from him .
5 He became very withdrawn and died there not long after wards .
6 She 's very withdrawn and working far too long hours , of course . ’
7 Dawn is not ideal even now as it has very limited sleeping accommodation .
8 Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert .
9 In this regional centre we have 15 schools and two colleges , but we have very limited supplies of paper and carbons for the year and there are no stencils .
10 One company was adamant that libraries have very limited use because there is a reasonable chance they will not satisfy any particular need for information .
11 Alternatively , it may be because particular educational placements have very limited opportunities and few resources for this kind of activity .
12 It 's because NT supports SMP in a way that has very limited utility for most users …
13 The site of the Lincoln excavation was a pottery kiln on the Racecourse which had very limited possibilities in the days before magnetic prospecting .
14 It was intended purely to acquaint us with a field of art historical research to which we had very limited access and to give us the opportunity of establishing a dialogue .
15 Angioplasty as a primary procedure has very limited application , and it may only be appropriate where the patient sustains an acute coronary occlusion when in close proximity to a centre with highly experienced and immediately available angioplasty expertise .
16 Expressing such a duty as a duty to further the interests of the enterprise is unhelpful , however , since the formulation has very limited information content : it fails to identify the relevant constituencies and gives no indication of what priority should be afforded to them inter se .
17 Those normally at work but disabled by non-industrial illness have had a limited cover under National Insurance , and those who have never been in the workforce have very limited special provision and must rely on income support if they lack resources .
18 Since the particles emitted by a black hole come from a region of which the observer has very limited knowledge , he can not definitely predict the position or the velocity of a particle or any combination of the two ; all he can predict is the probabilities that certain particles will be emitted .
19 ‘ We have very limited means to enforce our regulations .
20 Mrs A discovered that the local launderette and laundry would not take their things , and they have very limited washing and drying facilities themselves .
21 Very little of our public behaviour is innate ; most of us have only very limited creative originality .
22 Accordingly , particularly in claims which on full liability have very limited value , it is sound economic sense to try and achieve settlement at least two weeks before the Proof and preferably more than that .
23 As I had only very limited experience in writing in output terms , the process was exacting and extremely slow progress was made initially .
24 Sorry to send such a cryptic fax but I have only very limited and occasional access to a FAX pro tem whilst job hunting .
25 Since most of us have very limited budgets for furnishing it is essential to know when to spend , when to save and how to improvise .
26 The basic courses stimulate a passion for learning , but a student interested in history or music has very limited opportunities to pursue that interest .
27 He made the point that enthusiasts , such as himself , whose principal interest was working main line steam , now have very limited scope in this Country and have to look increasingly to far off under-developed countries for this form of traction .
28 It is particularly useful at a stage when pupils have very limited reading skills .
29 9.3 Covenants relating to adjoining Premises Nothing contained in or implied by this Lease shall give the Tenant the benefit of or the right to enforce or to prevent the release or modification of any covenant agreement or condition entered into by any tenant of the Landlord in respect of any property not comprised in this Lease Tenants have very limited rights to enforce covenants against each other .
30 A good performer on the Flat , Vintage Crop won the Cesarewitch at Newmarket last October on his previous trip over from Ireland , but he is bedevilled by muscle problems in his back and has very limited hurdling experience .
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