Example sentences of "this [noun] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inclusion of cryptogamic entries distinguishes this index from the published Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature , and the convenience of knowing that all entries are represented in the Library makes this index very useful to staff , despite its limitations . |
| 2 | I did n't want to be dependent upon anybody , and I thought , ‘ This is the day to end it all , ’ but I did n't want to make anybody upset about it , so I put the cat out and I did n't leave a note and I thought , ‘ I 'll make this look very natural . ’ |
| 3 | Dave 's verdict : I like this tent very much , there 's lots of room for two and its aerodynamic shape is well suited for high winds . |
| 4 | I HAVE had sex with a few girls but I do n't think that they found this experience very satisfying . |
| 5 | The plaintiffs , not finding this submission very attractive , now appeal . |
| 6 | Soon he came to value this practice very much . |
| 7 | They may be unresponsive to ministerial suggestions , and they may make this opposition very clear through the local authority associations . |
| 8 | If you need to discover how you spend your time then you will find this spreadsheet very useful and even if you do n't then it contains some helpful tips for handling dates and times . |
| 9 | The answer to this question very much depends on how far the illness has gone . |
| 10 | Due to cutbacks in Adult Education last year , Margaret was made redundant from her part-time post as lecturer for Special Needs in Wandsworth Adult College ; she is now Curriculum Manager for Basic Education , Special Needs , Physical Education and Complementary Health with Surrey Adult and Continuing Education Service and enjoys this work very much . |
| 11 | I find this work very exciting because , little by little , we are teaching the computer more about the structure of English , and how to analyse English , using large corpora as a source of frequency data . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr [ Ian ] Lang has this issue very much under consideration and will bring forward regulations as soon as possible to make the fitting of wired-in smoke detectors compulsory in all new dwellings which are built . ’ |
| 13 | As it happens the quotation that ran in Tolkien 's mind when he considered this scene very much implies the dual nature of wickedness , but comes from the Lord 's Prayer : ‘ And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil . ’ |
| 14 | Mrs Shirley Daniel , headteacher of Villiers comprehensive in Southall , west London , said : ‘ I find this campaign very worrying . ’ |
| 15 | So I have to say that though I at this moment very close to this in the smallest county of England I have also had experience in three other major counties in mainland England er and I have found the same experience the difficulty of finding people who will even be councillors or magistrates , let alone these other jobs that the er that the er Home Secretary seeks to find . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not making this sound very attractive , am I ? ’ |
| 17 | He afterwards thought this refusal very foolish and regretted that he did not go . |
| 18 | Anyhow , er this evening very happy to provide a few pictures for you to have a look at , and hopefully with a bit of information . |
| 19 | He suddenly found this notion very funny and burst into-laughter . |
| 20 | Only 4 per cent and 7 per cent respectively rate this prospect very unlikely . |
| 21 | By this method very few vessels had date ranges ascribed to them ( Arnold 1981 ) . |
| 22 | As a long time drinker of real ale , who has only joined CAMRA in the last year , I found this belly-aching very annoying . |
| 23 | I like this dress very much , and I 'm sure my husband will like it too , but I 'm hoping you might be able to help me . |
| 24 | Been one or two good players today but er over ninety minutes this man very impressive . |
| 25 | I find the textual basis for this interpretation very flimsy , in fact there is clear erm erm erm textual evidence for precisely the opposite and let me cite erm one instance Locke is here talking about tacit consent and the purchase of property and erm he says whenever the owner who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government will by donation , sale or otherwise quit the said possession , he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other commonwealth or to agree with others to begin a new one in any part of the world they can find free and unpossessed whereas he that has once by actual agreement in any expressed declaration given his consent to be of any commonwealth is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be and remain unalterably a subject to it and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature . |
| 26 | Erm , it has actually worked , erm , in that it seems that there 's a very fair chance that er , in spite of the very discouraging things that were said by some of the people on my right when I moved this , erm , there is a very good chance now for a reasonable er , settlement in South Africa , which I think should erm , make everyone in this chamber very happy , and it is that , undoubtedly the case that economic pressure had a great deal to do with that . |
| 27 | She disliked this voice very much but employed it more and more . |
| 28 | I think we all found this address very moving , especially Don MacIntyre , who had flown seven sorties as second pilot with F/L Poole 's crew before he himself was made a captain and given his own crew . |
| 29 | For this reason very few unassisted clients will be in a position to commission a report just to see if a case can be made out . |
| 30 | Well we 've been very concerned to try and develop our policies and services and we find this report very helpful because it has given us a very clear lead as to the sort of things which are necessary , and in many ways it 's supporting the ideas which we 've had . |