Example sentences of "[conj] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has already been noted that , over the period , taxes on capital gains were either non-existent or very favourable as against taxes on profits and dividends [ Kay and King , 1978 ] . |
| 2 | After the operation , you may feel sick or very depressed — this is the effect of the trauma of the operation and of the anaesthetic . |
| 3 | The content of reports seems mainly to have been descriptive , as opposed to judgmental , 90 per cent of teachers thinking their reports to be fairly , or very descriptive . |
| 4 | Patients who used the service seemed satisfied , and in a self administered questionnaire 72 of the 85 who responded ( 87% response rate ) reported finding the service helpful or very helpful . |
| 5 | The building of extended forms over drones or very simple harmonic progressions ( often two alternating chords ) or riffs was , of course , to become a staple of hard rock and ‘ heavy metal ’ music , and encouraged the development of virtuosic soloists , especially guitarists . |
| 6 | Derek Bluston , of the solicitors Malkin Janners , says : ‘ To get involved in litigation you either have to be very rich or very poor . |
| 7 | In February 1990 Her Majesty 's Inspectors reported that 30 per cent of school lessons and 20 per cent in colleges were poor or very poor . |
| 8 | A similar contrast exists today in the cryptogamic flora of Lewis and the Uists , with several warmth-demanding species of shaded rocks and ravines ( e.g. Dryopteris aemula , Marchesinia mackaii , Lophocolea fragrans , Jubula hutchinsiae ) being present in the Uists but absent or very rare in Lewis . |
| 9 | But most of it was concerned with family resemblances , which were sometimes not purely physical but characterological as well , and often to dead or very distant relatives . |
| 10 | In a typical year it supports some three hundred brand new or very young ventures . |
| 11 | Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps — not ideal for the infirm or very young children . |
| 12 | Part of the college course was to do a child study of a baby or very young child : Sara studied her own sister . |
| 13 | Anyone who 's attacked who is very old or very young fills us with deep concern . |
| 14 | Not only does their body temperature not regulate efficiently , but they are not aware that they are very cold or very hot . |
| 15 | Each line had its speciality ; it might comprise exceptionally small girls , or very tall ones , or talented acrobats , but whatever the speciality , all could sing and dance . |
| 16 | What it was not , however , was either very large or very grand . |
| 17 | It , it seems to be very fairly effective , or very effective , but not a hundred percent effective , as the organo-phospho type , and you need to inject . |
| 18 | The advantage of the Dupli-Carver is its low cost and efficiency for one off 's and medium quantities in simple or very complex shapes . |
| 19 | Unless some specific provision is made limiting the power of a tribunal to hear claims involving large sums or very complex issues , it will be for the employee to choose the forum in which he will pursue his claim . |
| 20 | Such rules of change may be very simple or very complex : the powers conferred may be unrestricted or limited in various ways : and the rules may , besides specifying the persons who are to legislate , define in more or less rigid terms the procedure to be followed in legislation . |
| 21 | Once an abscess has burst or been lanced it should be bathed off twice daily with warm salty water or very mild Dettol solution . |
| 22 | The Moscow agreement was effectively dead and the most sensible move would be for the UN to sponsor simultaneous withdrawal of American and Russian forces to be followed by the establishment of a unified Korean government — ‘ It might not be a very democratic or very efficient Government , but almost anything would be better than the present absurd and dangerous division . ’ |
| 23 | Generally , they are either very active working dogs , or very excitable ones , who work incredibly hard even though they do n't really achieve anything . |
| 24 | Take the low course if the high course is crowded or very curved |
| 25 | A grated 2.5cm ( 1″ ) cube of Edam or low-fat hard cheese mixed with Dijon mustard , 1 tablespoon plain , virtually fat-free yoghurt and black pepper ; or grated raw white cabbage , carrot and celery , 1 chopped pineapple ring , 1 tablespoon peanuts and raisins mixed with 1 tablespoon plain virtually fat-free fromage frias ; or very low-fat cottage cheese mixed with finely grated carrot , 1 tablespoon raisins , a dash of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons finely chopped onion ; or bread spread thinly with peanut butter topped with chopped or grated apple and sprinkled with lemon juice . |
| 26 | Discard light , over-marked or very dark colours . |
| 27 | You can fiddle with brightness settings , depending on which scanner you use — and WSP supports most — should you need to , but we have found little need to adjust the settings unless a page of text has been particularly light or very dark . |
| 28 | Well they er sort of that or very dark grey . |
| 29 | The vast majority of Oxfordshire 's teachers claim that they were involved or very involved in their school 's review , an equally large majority ( four-fifths ) feel competent to carry out a review and that theirs was thorough or very thorough . |
| 30 | Overall , the vast majority of the older age groups , 91 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 and 88 per cent of those aged 75 + , felt they were leading a fairly or very healthy life . |