Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun] [is] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complementary contrast is provided by a detail from my own fieldwork experience in North Central Sri Lanka where , despite the absence of any form of lineage organization , much of the ideology concerning marriage is very similar to that encountered in Kerala . |
| 2 | A fine bronze head from the Acropolis of Athens is very like in style to the gable-figures , and is surely Aeginetan work . |
| 3 | In the Philippines the struggle for health is very clearly the struggle for a humane social , economic and political order . |
| 4 | As mentioned earlier , Japan is a very hierarchical and status-conscious society , so an understanding of the ranks in business is very important . |
| 5 | Attending conferences and meetings of women 's organisations or asking to address groups of boys will provide an opportunity for frank discussion which in the case of boys is very inhibited in the presence of their female counterparts . |
| 6 | There are very few house rules but the ban on smoking is very definite . |
| 7 | The level of phonology is very abstract in this theory . |
| 8 | If the level of distortion is very low it is difficult to separate distortion from noise . |
| 9 | In matters of ‘ national security ’ — a phrase that can cover a multitude of sins — the judiciary in Britain is very reluctant to question executive action . |
| 10 | The onset of symptoms is very sudden and the outstanding ones are anxiety and restlessness and a terrible fear that he or she is going to die . |
| 11 | For example : it can be said at once — and briefly — that the probability that she was massively involved in the murder of Darnley is very strong . |
| 12 | The advice provided by the Department of Health is very good . |
| 13 | ‘ The speed of change is very rapid ; these people are totally unprepared for it , ’ says Professor Taylor . |
| 14 | The study of frescos is very complex from the technical-scientific viewpoint because the painting is executed on a composite material that easily deteriorates under certain conditions . |
| 15 | This was , as I have said , not our experience , and I believe that it rests in part on a very general tendency to undervalue the potential of well motivated students in the middle ranges of ability , in part on a rejection of the idea that the study of Language is very wide , and very various , that only some parts of that large landscape are accessible only to the most intellectually gifted . |
| 16 | Because of this the range of content and contexts for the programme of activities is very wide-ranging . |
| 17 | Sometimes if the the piece of furniture is very large you have to do the same with the top one where there 's another lap there , that one , another piece of beading there , and this will come out as well . |
| 18 | The perception of coal is very much a Victorian , industrial revolution , slag heaps industry doomed to extinction — a perception that 's been gently encouraged by the other sources of energy in their advertising . |
| 19 | However , while all people experience similar changes , the degree of change is very wide-ranging and there is considerable variation both between individuals and between socio-cultural groups . |
| 20 | Physiological change affects everyone , but the degree of change is very wide ranging and there is considerable variation between individuals . |
| 21 | A second way of implying an operand is by encoding it as part of the operation code , although the range of values is very restricted as we do not wish to allocate many operation codes in this way . |
| 22 | Unless the range of possibilities is very limited , or only simple questions are asked ( ‘ Is this compound X ? ’ or ‘ Is this sample of compound X pure ? ’ ) , large numbers of standard spectra are needed for comparison . |
| 23 | The range of effort is very great and its contribution extremely important , not least in quickly meeting new needs as they arise — for example , the special needs of thalidomide children . |
| 24 | The management of organisations is very complex . |
| 25 | It can be seen that the law of confidence is very useful at an early stage when ideas are being formulated and discussed . |
| 26 | Similarly , the inventor must be careful when discussing his invention with potential manufacturers and the like and the law of confidence is very important at this stage . |
| 27 | Not at all , the way it 's reported in north eastern newspapers is more jobs for Vickers Armstrong erm in Newcastle because there the manufacture of tanks is very important indeed to the local prospects of the economy . |
| 28 | One recalls Peter Medawar 's opening line ( ’ Arthur Koestler is a very clever , knowledgeable and inventive man , and The Act of Creation is very clever too ’ ) largely for the blast that followed . |
| 29 | Generally speaking the businesses that obtained government-guaranteed loan funds have produced problems : They require greater monitoring and supervising than the banks normally like to devote to small businesses and , as the type of support is very often a last resource , they must be considered more risky than the norm . |
| 30 | It is clear that the proportion of abusers is very small ; it is equally clear that the vast majority of drinkers do not abuse alcohol at all . |