Example sentences of "a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the association suffers from a very Periclean problem : you can not force people to vote in a self-regulatory organisation . |
| 2 | At one interesting moment he reflects on his responsibilities as a teacher in a very serious-minded way : |
| 3 | " They 're a very hardworking people , " said Paul earnestly . |
| 4 | Eating fruit is a very refreshing start to the day . |
| 5 | In fact , the whole instrument stands up for itself without relying on those industry stalwarts for support in any way , which makes a very refreshing change . |
| 6 | The American constitution can not be changed except through a very cumbersome and difficult constitutional procedure which requires the vote of two thirds of the members of both houses of congress and a resolution from three quarters of the leg state legislatures , so it 's not a simple majority , you ca n't just simply say oh let's add something to the constitution , very difficult indeed erm er and there has n't been a significant recent amendment to the constitution . |
| 7 | In principle this may appear to be a very cumbersome activity , but in practice it 's not . |
| 8 | Some like Op. 22 No. 3 , Op. 7 or the ‘ Waldstein ’ , demand a very brilliant piano , whereas others call for a deeper , more lyrical sound . |
| 9 | Erm who was a a mathematician , a very brilliant mathematician . |
| 10 | Well his name was , a very brilliant man , well w he 'd be nearly as old as me of course . |
| 11 | Now in this little booklet that I 've got about the er er the potted history of the Cosmopolitan Debating Society , it mentions a very brilliant man by the name of W H , now I was very friendly with him because he was th President of the I L P and I was the secretary . |
| 12 | He was a very brilliant man you know . |
| 13 | But it takes a very brilliant general , a Napoleon , to see the obvious . |
| 14 | It was n't a very brilliant Line , but at least it was a Line , with trenches and wire and stuff . |
| 15 | By this finding himself relieved , he again resumed his studies until the hour of dinner , when the disorder again attacked him so violently that it produced a fainting fit , which held him till the evening ; he went soon after to bed , and passed a very uneasy , restless night . |
| 16 | What I want to suggest is that far from representing a glorification of a golden age , confident and stable in its social organisation , The Faerie Queene exemplifies a very uneasy social and cultural fabric and I want to indicate some of the reasons for that unease . |
| 17 | The cast was rather good , featuring Bill Nighy and his floppy blond hair and a very svelte-looking Charlotte Cornwell , though I was irritated by the unsympathetic little-and-large duo at the centre , with Janet McTeer towering above the tubby little Imelda Staunton ( as I recall , the heroine of the book hunted alone ) . |
| 18 | In fact Alan Rossiter was a very mild-mannered man , not a bit like Stalin . |
| 19 | Elsewhere , Spain 's was not only an agrarian economy but also a very retarded and unproductive one , upon which was founded an often staggeringly unjust society . |
| 20 | Beautiful packaging and sensitive formulas make these six products a very classy way to clean your face . |
| 21 | — , 59 , of ‘ I came across a very classy furrier 's in Nottingham just as the shopkeeper was putting a jaunty looking ocelot hat on a stand . |
| 22 | Some come complete with a tent that fits over the boom to make a very snug overnight bedroom . |
| 23 | Immediately a very helpful female ATCO identified the Aircoupe ( its pilot now concentrating his whole being on keeping straight and level in the pouring rain and turbulent IMC conditions ) as being overhead Farnborough , and gave radar headings towards White Waltham , a cloudbreak at around 800 feet and a passable landing . |
| 24 | A survey is a very helpful way to begin to research the areas intelligently . |
| 25 | This is a very helpful rule of thumb ! |
| 26 | The Board of Inland Revenue issue a very helpful free booklet entitled Income Tax and the Elderly , which can be obtained from any Inland Revenue office . |
| 27 | Nearby is the local shop/post office , a busy establishment with a very helpful owner . |
| 28 | Forehand and McMahon ( 1981 ) have written a very helpful and detailed therapeutic account of how to help parents with non-compliant children , and they have developed a method of helping these parents through an activity they call the ‘ Child 's Game ’ . |
| 29 | DesignaKnit has a very helpful function which lets you decide what the maximum allowable float length ( in stitches ) can be . |
| 30 | The notion that some societies ‘ reinterpret ’ and some ‘ readjust ’ does not provide a very helpful model for the analysis of social change and for understanding why certain historical events appear to involve more radical and revolutionary changes than others . |