Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet this is of course only a very partial view of what these sociologists were attempting . |
| 2 | This love was the outcome of our friendship , just as our friendship was the outcome of our acquaintance ; there was no break only a very gradual difference . |
| 3 | In this chapter only a very small part of English intonation has been introduced . |
| 4 | It was the sort of brooch only a very little boy could admire . |
| 5 | Three months later a very different Prime Minister took over and established a very different command and control post in No. 10 . |
| 6 | But they have proved that with a good plan , persistence and a lot of hard work even a very steep slope can be transformed into a tremendous garden . |
| 7 | But the couple fell out for three years following a very acrimonious split . |
| 8 | Walking past Bull Pot of the Witches was a sad occasion for me , as a couple of years ago a very fine caver friend of mine died while diving Bull Pot . |
| 9 | Brian obviously a very important win for you but there were some close shaves for you in the second half . |
| 10 | Sister Imelda , the only nun in the convent who was good with the needle , had been in her sick bed so a very poor job had been done on taking up the hem . |
| 11 | ‘ The judges felt that in this wild and exposed situation only a very tough and challenging building both in design and construction would be appropriate . ’ |
| 12 | The consequence of this was that the district valuer 's valuation of the estate — on the basis of an open market vacant possession value less a very small discount — was overturned , and the Lands Tribunal accepted the executors ' valuation of the estate as an ‘ investment ’ property . |
| 13 | But such knightly combats , whether chivalrously conducted or not , were in fact only a very small part of war . |
| 14 | There are fine performances , too , from Bruce Alexander as the wordy and worthless Parolles , his front of unfazable swagger clearly a very thin crust over awful insecurity . |