Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moneylenders were registered ; subject to some conditions over the way they did business ; they were able to advertise in only a very restricted way ( for example , they were not allowed to mention interest rates or repayment schedules ) ; and courts could re-open their loans , setting new terms , if they charged excessive interest and the original terms were ‘ harsh and unconscionable ’ . |
| 2 | Often simple tunes are ‘ showcased ’ harmonically and texturally , with elaborate introductions , interludes and codas , and clever instrumental interplay ; often , too , syncopation is applied rather mechanically and ‘ dirty ’ effects take a clichéd form ( for instance grass ‘ growls ’ and glissandos ) ; most dance-band ‘ improvised ’ solos are , as Adorno points out , improvised in only a very limited sense : they use stock patterns and depart very little from the written tune , and then by way of ‘ spicy ’ effects rather than inventive melodic construction . |
| 3 | So the changes appear to be , from what you are saying , first of all towards integrating children with special needs in the educational system , rather than by separating off perhaps just a very small number , a recognition perhaps that special needs extend on a broader base |
| 4 | Clean the chard , discard the hard leaf stalks and central veins , cook it in just a very little water , salt it lightly half way through the cooking . |
| 5 | So even a very episodic role for political leaders assumes a wider significance , given that elected political leaders can not pass the buck for crisis decisions to any alternative source of authority in a liberal democracy . |
| 6 | Her throaty-cum-husky voice and staccato , often peaky and explosive delivery and songs ( four out of seven are hers on this album ) with a funky electronic feel are nevertheless altogether a very singular and instantly recognisable package . |
| 7 | We 're getting not just somewhere a very long way away , |
| 8 | That is , people tend to forget either in a motivated way , or accidentally , people will tend to minimise or trivialise the abuse to which they 've been subject in some cases because maybe saying that you 've been sexually abused as a child and that is why you 're so screwed up at the moment um that 's not necessarily a very self-benefiting thing to say . |
| 9 | Which is not perhaps a very good use of time . |
| 10 | She agreed to come and I took her first to the more brilliantly decorated one , not knowing that she was not only a very religious woman but also a girl who had been brought up in the strictest kind of convent — no heating , nothing for show . |
| 11 | Müller was not only a very good agent , but an old partner . |
| 12 | Dr Greenaway was therefore not only a very distinguished President but he and his wife Marion , who predeceased him in 1981 , were extremely popular with the deaf community . |
| 13 | Peter was not only a very able manager but a real friend and trusted colleague who will be most sadly missed by all who knew him and who all join together in sending Lynn , Neil and Joanne their deepest sympathy and support for the future . |
| 14 | An outline plan is not only a very useful means of focussing attention on all the important issues before implementation , it is also a very useful piece of evidence for assessment purposes . |
| 15 | I do n't think you 'll and I suppose I make no apologies for including it , because I think we are all very well aware of the terrible tragedy that is happening in in Yugoslavia It 's not not an Anthem that I would have recognised , erm , I was fortunate to go to Yugoslavia on , I think , two occasions , in happier times , and it saddens me tremendously , to see , on the television , to hear on the radio , to read in the newspapers , just what has happened to what was emerging as , not only a very beautiful , but a very successful country . |
| 16 | This is not merely a very bare conception of the world , but argument supports intuition in pronouncing it an incoherent one . |
| 17 | Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not usually a very popular job , but he does it with great tact and skill , and under his guidance I do believe that our deficit is under control , and that it will be reduced . |
| 18 | An alternative is reverse osmosis , but that also generally demineralises the water which is not always a very good idea — especially for Rifts . |
| 19 | The ‘ domestic bargain' ( a phrase coined by Martin and Roberts , 1984 ) is not always a very ‘ good buy ’ . |
| 20 | It 's not really a very clear definition is it ? |
| 21 | Well there were the jobs tha that I mentioned really , production manager or assistant director and now he would have been quite happy I know to have done those , because I remember talking about it you know er and he would have been very good at either of them , but erm er he he did n't get well he was a slightly abrasive man , he he he his erm I I think in a way erm he was a director who could who was not really a very good film director , he he could get things done very quickly and that 's why he worked for bash , bash , bash getting through everything quickly . |
| 22 | Let me just , le I 'm not really a , I 'm not really a very numerate political scientist but let me just run some numbers by you to give you an idea of the escalation of the change . |
| 23 | Not only has British school librarianship no very long tradition of multimedia interest ( Shrewsbury School in 1578 notwithstanding ) , there is not even a very secure tradition of school librarianship at all until the post- I 945 era , despite the admirable work of many grammar school teachers in the 19305 . |
| 24 | Erm I had a phone call just before I came out , area area party , so this 'll come It 's about actually in the ward which we narrowly missed getting last time just by erm not even a very strong The by election is on September twenty third and we want leafleters this weekend , so if anybody is able to go on leafleting , which is right between It 's er I 've got the phone number for Forgot the surname but she works with Bob , so if you ring up and say this Is that Linda who works with Bob . |
| 25 | ‘ Just then a very big , hungry wolf came into the gardens . |
| 26 | And still only a very few seem to want to leave . |
| 27 | Cultural diplomacy was still only a very minor factor in the international picture of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 28 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a working town as well as a holiday place , for centuries past and still today a very active fishing port . |
| 29 | Once again a very enjoyable evening , erm , I pushed into something that er , I do n't think she really wanted to do initially , but she thoroughly enjoyed it at the end . |
| 30 | Garry Whannel traced four main themes in the analysis of football hooliganism in the popular press in the 1970s : fans were ‘ mindless/senseless ’ ; they were ‘ maniacs/lunatics ’ ; ‘ foul/subhuman ’ ( which led some fans to chant back at the police and the respectable public ‘ We hate humans ’ ) ; finally that they were ‘ so-called supporters ’ and in a small minority , i.e. they made up only a very small percentage of the crowd and they had little interest in the game itself . |