How To Use Very In A Sentence

My aunt is very old-fashioned.
Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo

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My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.
Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
When your bulbs arrive, or you buy them from the garden center, gather everyone together, hand out garden tools and start digging.
Have a cosmic awareness, an interest in ecology, environment, vegetarianism, or are very socially conscious.
The school has a very good relationship with the community.
He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions. The Sun
Does the plain, unsugared doughy type bagel look alike surpass the overly decorated with hundreds and thousands and pumped full of sweet chemicals with optional coating of chocolate (half dipped) Tescos Express doughnut win every time? Rabbit Stew. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
I have been very busy lately and the ongoing project will take up about a few more weeks.
We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.
I could be wrong but as I recall in Batman Begins Batman 'growled' his lines just a few times but to very strong effect. All of The Dark Knight's Broken Records - Box Office Dominance! « FirstShowing.net
We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
Not for a very long time has the discovery of new music so profoundly moved and excited me as the contents of this disc.
Everyone needed time to take stock after the most prestigious solo race had turned into a demolition derby. Times, Sunday Times
There are some trademark pieces - elegant-legged tables and high-quality marquetry - mixed in with contemporary designer furniture, antique shop finds and some very in-your-face art.
And approaching that very machine, his last pound coin clutched in his fist, was Felix Henderson McMurdo.
The aristocracy are made to look like buffoons; the women swoon, the maids are oversexed, and the artist himself - the center of everyone's fawning attention - plays the dandy.
The comedian was very good indeed. He had the audience rolling in the aisles.
The Chorus mentions that Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus are very similar to each other, ‘twin throned, twin sceptered, in twofold power.’
I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
Just the other day, I was almost run over by a two-wheeling speed demon who felt that a four-way stop applied to everyone but him and his Schwinn. Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On
Often the parent feels helpless and very discouraged and may also give up on the child which reinforces the child's feelings of inadequacy and may cause the child to retreat or regress further.
The next day Tredias' arm was very nearly healed and needed only the support of a sling.
The cost of repairing the fabric of the church was very high.
The guest got very drunk so they bundled him into a taxi and sent him home.
May each hour be a happy one on this special day.Love is always my gift to you for today and every day.
Conclusion TSGF test in patients with carcinosis play a very important pole in early diagnosis and the evaluation of therapy effect.
Practical measures such as quality control and testing are very important in the manufacturing process.
After using Gentoo I discovered that they're not that "ricer" community everyone claims they are. Planet Ubuntu
He adjusts the focus of the Carl Zeiss 120 mm macro lens, which allows him to work very close up.
A sudden rain sent everyone scurrying for shelter.
Once upon a time there were three beautiful girls who went to a writing college, and they were each assigned very hazardous duties.
Oh, and most of the scathe in my post was fairly mild. chouinard and I tend to substitute perjoratives for ... everything, actually. Book Reviewer Backlash
It is not only our senses, but our very intuitive faculties that cease to provide us with the necessary adaptive knowledge.
For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
First, the entire science of astronomy had depended on careful measurement from the very beginning.
I can find no legitimate references to the use of metallic, inorganic, or organic silver compounds as a sanitizer, disinfectant, or sterilizing agent. quaternary ammonium chloride compounds - Mixtures of compounds such as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride are very commonly used as surface sanitizer; if you look at your household cleaners that claim disinfecting properties, there's a high percentage chance that you'll find a "quat". Question ;Microdyne
She was very outgoing, a very bubbly, fun person. Times, Sunday Times
I'm sure there will be a generous amount of worthies stepping forward to parse every sentence, on the eternal quest for the definitive admission that it's over.
They could rove at will among the stars, and sink like a subtle mist through the very interstices of space.
At present, power is very high orders, to improve gross profit margins.
Jim had hustled over quietly and begun to help out with the horseshoeing, expecting ridicule from the likes of Hugh Glass or old Zeke Williams, who had just arrived at the rendezvous, but, to his surprise, the fact that he was married to a woman of such pure fire produced the very opposite of the effect he had feared. The Berrybender Narratives
You are a very scray person because you have shown that you will do, or say anything to get what YOU WANT. Supporter says Clinton getting desperate
I've circulated a good luck card for everyone to sign.
‘The best place to make mercerized fabrics is still Italy, but they are very expensive,’ says Kwok.
What we need now is a recovery that is sustainable. The Sun
"I'm going to hire some movers to pack everything up.
Or is the idea of foreign policy beyondmilitary commitmentsso far off the radar that when the polls open, everything will hinge on the pitch-and-toss of national concerns? And Now, The Choice « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows
Nulliparous women are reportedly at a higher risk of developing complications of pregnancy and delivery than multipara.
They will comment on everything you say and give you their opinion.
Its heroes were beastly revellers or cruel and ferocious plunderers; its heroines unsexed hoidens, playing the ugliest tricks with their lovers, and repaying slights with bloody revenge, -- very dangerous and unsatisfactory companions for any other than the fire - eating Vikings and redhanded, unwashed Berserkers. The Conflict with Slavery and Others, Complete, Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism
People are always spouting off with definitive answers about what design is… except that everyone has a different take on it.
The former, namely, covetoufnefs, is a very mean and fordid palTion — refllefs, im - patient — and never contented With its A a prefent Sermons on practical subjects
Apparently, the discovery that Landis is 10,000 years old further proves the fact that he is using performance enhancing steroids. creeky belly Doping ID - The Panda's Thumb
The authority of the father was absolute, as the head of a hierarchy arranged by generation, age and sex, in which every member of the extended family was related in rank to every other.
Only a very strong, perhaps only a globally dominant, power can sustain informal empire in the long run.
If we want to avert a very deep recession it is absolutely vital that these psychological factors are reversed.
Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row.
Recruit rich white republicunts (carpetbaggers) to swoop in and scoop-up "devalued" (seized from still-exiled owners) properties and change the entire complexion (race, income, politics, everyfuckingthing) of the ENTIRE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. Your Right Hand Thief
Kij: Nice to see Dream-Quest receive such prominence with that fantastic Gervasio Gallardo cover, inseparable from the contents thanks to childhood associations very similar to yours. MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves
He is very experienced in collating documents, summarizing evidence, arranging diagrammatic and demonstrative evidence and assisting with the general preparation for trial.
No doubt all this is relatively important in its way, but I can't bring myself to get very interested in it.
Word can say so little when someone cares so much. Mother,I'm wishing that these were a way to tell you the things that I'd so like to say How thankful I am and how very proud,too,to have a wonderful mother like you.
I don't think you're playing devil's advocate (a word every/filmer seems to want use) simply by making entirely senseless comparisons between films like Transformers and There Will Be Blood, and ranting on with points of view that even someone in defense of Transformers would never use. Things I Noticed While Watching 20 Minutes of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek | /Film
Enforcers in full-face helmets were everywhere, striding through the crowd with arrogance born of unchallenged supremacy.
This approach can also help identify where non-value-added steps exist in the care delivery process and where bottlenecks occur.
Very few of us had seen a Lully opera in real life, said harpsichordist Dongsuk Shin. Historic Opera Fit for Kings County
There are also plans to bulk up the meat and bakery counters with bigger teams who will also have a new livery. Times, Sunday Times
The interesting element of the game was that it required one to evaluate not films but people; that is, to sift through the prejudices of one’s movie-freak friends and the peccadilloes and quirks of the major reviewers, and by graphing, as it were, what each could be expected to overpraise, underpraise, revile, not notice, or deliberately ignore, one could acquire a very nice sense of the film. Film flam
It gave the dish a very subtle flavour, that Port-Salut.
Instead, I was stuck in my little dorm room, answering the phone every time it rang in case it was Clay.
‘The majority of costs are wage costs; there is very little room for manoeuvre,’ he said.
It is true that, even at the time of the discovery of nitrobenzol, he pointed out the striking similarity of its smell to that of the oil of bitter almonds. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
Air in free fall does not convect, which means that everything that heats up has to be cooled by fans; the space shuttle is LOUD inside. 8/4/08: Launch Pad, day 5
I don't think it would go down very well and would be seen as another arty-farty scheme.
It is good to have regular practice at something - meditation, at the very least.
We will be watching them very closely as we value our green open land and believe this could be phase two of the development.
He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room!
Everything else is kind of lumped into the "overbooked" category that people say we see far too often in TNA. PWTorch.com
Therefore, if the vaccine afforded protection for life, there would be a very strong argument in favor of universal vaccination - no chicken pox and no shingles.
And there's the very useful little beetle we call the ladybug, which is not a bug, but a beetle. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
We were constantly rewarded with stunning scenic views and the satisfaction of navigating challenging terrain with ease, but we didn't get very far, as the crow flies.
The genus Barclaya is very seldom seen in association with Cryptocoryne species.
Cover images were pin-ups for the people, available on newsstands everywhere.
Every jag, every bump on the wall revealed a zone of darkness that was worth to explore, but every time, in the shadows, there was just the sides of the cave, continuing.
His assistant, a pretty young woman, is bright, very capable, and eager to help.
Both the reception and the restaurant areas had a very open, uncluttered, look about them.
To explicate this relation, Searle and Vanderveken define weak illocutionary commitment: S1 weakly illocutionarily implies S2 iff every performance of S1 commits an agent to meeting the conditions laid down in the septuple identical to S2 (1985, p. 24). Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla
If there was one thing everyday Americans didn't want to hear, it was self-involved celebrities trashing the president.
Our friendship is a triumph of overcoming every known barrier.
Twice through the following night was I wakened by the boat being hurled upon her beam-ends by the blows of the seas; but she righted easily, and took scarce any water, the canvas proving a very roof of safety. The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
I was arraigned the very next morning and released on a personal. Show Stoppah
Young barristers undertaking publicly funded work frequently earn very little in their first years. Times, Sunday Times
And, as I have patiently had to explain to costumers in shows I have directed, footwear is very important for the actor.
This isn't an attempt to universalize, for there is rich, specific detail everywhere: food, foliage, the course of the conflict. The Times Literary Supplement
There were bodies everywhere, with dust slowly settling to the floor.
They're performing every night and they have another production in rehearsal.
In Britain, one in every three marriages now ends in divorce.
The lower mandible, which is powerful, and is indented at its point to receive the hook, has a very sharp edge, which, with that of the upper mandible, constitutes a pair of formidable shears. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
This is the very definition of obstructionism: To delay a foregone conclusion for the sake of a petty protest.
At every turn I met with disappointment.
It's every girl's dream, and last weekend, restaurateur and fashion aficionada Elizabeth An and couture curator Christos Garkinos of Tina Daunt: A Magical Fusion of Food and Fashion
The only use he serves as a coach is that his nose just about crosses the touchline when he's sat in the dugout, so there's every chance he'll be able to trip up a tricky winger with his conk.
He was still very young, especially by Drow standards, but his smile had given way to an expression of restraint, and his little arms and legs had grown long and thick.
Children in particular should not have to witness wholesale slaughter of animals to which they may have become very attached.
Different methods are a better fit for different people," Lyubomirsky explains."Keeping a daily gratitude journal seems hokey to some people, but writing a letter of gratitude may be very meaningful.
Very wealthy people don't like to be questioned about whether they can support a cheque. Times, Sunday Times
He has a very expensive wristwatch and he misses no opportunity to show it off.
The kings of the heartogram didn't fail to impress, with a diverse crowd gathered, including everyone from young punks to soccer moms and even a haggard old bat dancing around in lingerie.
As such, hemp is legal in virtually every country on Earth except the United States. Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust!
Now the girl is also changing, consuming everything with such rapaciousness that it startles him. Until the Heart Stops Beating
Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.
Your situation is not unlike the girl who permits everything but the textbook definition of sexual congress so she can say she's a virgin.
There be sixty-and-four flowers-de-luce, and the riddle is to show how I may remove six of these so that there may yet be an even number of the flowers in every row and every column. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems
It seems to be a very common theme with all Republicans! ambi Steele says he has 'slimmer margin' for error
It is critical to an understanding of deixis to recall that even very ‘local’ elements of context, such as a speaker's own corporeal experience and perceptual field, are susceptible of schematisation.
These people write reasonable, well-balanced letters, disclaim any belief in racialism, and back up everything they say with copious instances. As I Please
With its elongated snake-like body, the Leopard Moray eel moves very gently from one end to the other in the tank.
It is patent that dusk found them weary and worn, plodding and wading silently "homewards," shovel on shoulder, across four or five kilos of desolate mud; falling and tripping over stagnant bodies, masses of tangled wire, bricks and jagged wood-work everywhere impeding progress. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
Before 'mancipation my mammy and daddy owned by the very same old fellar, Thomas Henry McNeil. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4
Every protestation that she should go on this outing was clearly a plea for her to stay and resist the invitation.
It has yet again impressed every one with their creative and stylish design for the Reversible Sarees. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 110
Officially, Carter resigned, but everyone knows he was fired.
Content is kept to a minimum while style wins over substance every time.
Guardian International correspondent Jonathan Steele called Bush's and Blair's denial of the horrors attending the Iraq civil war "Panglossian" - referring to the ever optimistic Dr. Pangloss of Voltaire's novel Candide who, at every disaster, proclaims that ours is the best of all possible worlds. Surge to Purge: The 80% Solution in Iraq
If I command him to put the newest posts at the top like every other bleeding blog in the world - are you listening boyo - will he obey?
She fits in a gentle game of tennis every week.
Providing measurements of birds in both inches and centimeters was a very good idea.
Instead of seeing dodgeball as a game where alpha males can relive their schoolyard dominance, they see it as a game for everyone.
Jackson and Lee continued to preside over the wanton slaughter of men, women and children to defend the rights of freedom for white Virginians while supporting the slavery of black Virginians, among others.
Building anew on the old sacred texts, these innovations brought a spiritual renewal to every major faith.
That point may seem self-evident to you, as it does to me, but it is not self-evident to everyone. Publishing
Virtually everyone in the sport suspected that he was on the juice.
The difference in turn-on time would generally not be noticeable for standard household incandescent bulbs, since they turn on very quickly.
Big Brother will now know every financial tidbit about you, every ATM withdrawl, account deposit, creditcard charge, what you bought .... Senate's Wall Street bill in homestretch
An hour later dawn had come, and as the early morning mist cleared every man could see that the cre st they had reached was a false one. IN LOVE AND WAR
When your mama a biach, you gonna be a bicah - when you grow up hearing men tell your mama "Bring me my blunts, BIACH!" you won't have a very high opinion of women, ergo, yourself. Undefined
It would be very easy for him to do that, probably for a tubful of money.
We've had a bouvier for 7 years, and I can honestly say that they're not for everyone. I've never had a dog.
Better to wait until bubbles burst and manage the consequences, softening the economic blow by loosening monetary policy very quickly.
The timing of our statement is very opportune.
This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.
Naturally, her husband was very pleased and only too happy to oblige with the ‘work.’
I will loveyou with every beat of my heart.
Not sure what a 'twofer' is, but if what you mean is that the '2050' scenario is ridiculous, then you're way into denial and every bit as susceptible to the blinkers of 'You Know You Are Right' as those you ridicule. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
Nanotechnology is in danger of being pigeonholed as a risky, hazardous and controversial business, a new study has found, because companies in the emerging field are not tackling the very real health and safety issues involved.
And like at school, the headmaster and his associates want to make sure everyone is on best behaviour.
The term comprehended the whole nation, and no one will contend that the choice spoken of indicated that every Jew was safe for eternity. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election
Last night as I slept I dreamed everyday dreams - I can't even remember now what they were.
It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition. Our Frank and other stories
Remember that we also know that in many body systems there are quasiparticles which act very much like normal particles.
The program design is based on bus time sharing and interrupt servicing. It can renew the speeds and the directions of every motor at real time.
It was the hub of activity in milk delivery and milk churns were a feature of every station.
My disorganization was a chaotic river that I waded through every day, somehow coming out the other end dry only due to the comparatively placid pace of being a Londoner. Ed Zitron: Ride the Whirlwind: Making a New York Minute Last
She is confident that everybody is on her side.
Murder, rape, road rage, dacoities and rampant acts of terrorism have become an everyday affair in all the provincial capitals including the federal capital. Whether A Dictator Or Democrat: Please Explain
He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.
She was brought up very strictly.
I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.
The hug a bub is a very secure carrier, (we hope to stock it in the new year) or the moby is a cheaper version. Born at Home
Following three young people with dwarfism, with the focus on normal everyday challenges. Times, Sunday Times
There had to be very clear indications of joint working.
To tell you the truth, your plan is very attractive, but it doesn't seem to be practicable.
With her pupils dilated to blackness, and spitting vituperation in all directions, the very last thing she seems is sane.
The country was administered by the British until very recently.
The German military party -- which, as everyone knows, holds the reins of policy in Germany entirely -- have, as far as I can see, done all they could to overthrow Kerenski and set up Im Weltkriege. English
When you see this poor guy being followed everywhere he goes by hordes of people, it's actually terribly sad.
In the strict sense overfine speeches are yet almost everywhere. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial
I love to cook, but I don't feel like spending the energy every evening.
Concentrate on one airline: Very frequent flyers get more free upgrades, often pay less to buy upgrades, and get preferred treatment on standby upgrade lists.
Even if an agreement is cobbled together it will not please everyone.
Well, having the largest economy confers an advantages in affording a very large military, and having a very large military was useful in the era of great power military conflicts. Matthew Yglesias » Will China Ever Dominate?
The ability to do this is greatest in the very young and diminishes gradually with age.
Every so often a rabbit would make a desperate, lung-bursting bid for freedom, only to provide an easy target for the twelve-bores.
We take a sightseeing boat trip around the bay and get a glimpse of the smart new opera house which looks exactly like two durians - a very distinctive local fruit that tastes great but has a repellant smell.
Theyspecialize in very low-priced products.
Getting deeper into the study of morality showed me that human nature is very much two-sided; for every bad side to our nature, there's a good one.
Finally she says to me: You could at least clean that damn thing every once in a while.
Most critics acknowledge that there is a political core in slacktivism, even if it may be very well hidden.
Every time I turn around he seems to be checking up on me.
Be genuine and conceal noting.I write every wiod I wand to say on this small card.I wish my honey a happy Valentine's day.
They seemed to be in a serious mood, perhaps brooding on the deteriorating human behaviour that cannot see that he is cutting the same very branch that he is sitting on.
These results indicate that, depending on the unique features of a given learning, experience, very different classes of mechanisms can be engaged to subserve memory in a particular time domain.
I can't date the pot exactly, but it must be very old.
We have developed a very close, personal relationship, a relationship of trust.
This shows that _for every tone an air column of a certain size most powerfully reinforces that tone_. Resonance in Singing and Speaking
That queasy feeling of disillusionment is a universal one says Schmidt; one that makes this particular play accessible for audiences on a very personal level.
The students are drawn from very mixed social backgrounds.
The cap or diaphragm had been developed in the 1880's but its availability had been very much limited as people were kept in the dark as to its very existence.
I had a garlic chilly mince curry, and she went for a very nice chicken dopiaza.
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift. Margaret Mead
Australia has some very sophisticated capacity for instruction design, courseware development and on-line delivery.
She makes a mouth in a mirror before she goes out every morning.
Pass the rest of the notices round the table so that everyone can have a copy.
The scientists cannot say if the "hominin" was male or female, but adopted the name tag "X-woman" because the discovery was based on maternally inherited DNA. The Earth Times Online Newspaper

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