1.   And their very definition of the Messiah had been hi-jacked and twisted into something radically different.

2.   Not so in the United States, where the very definition of human existence is the bread and butter of political debate.

3.   And we, by our very definition were always, I suppose, going to be in inverted commas, the most expensive.

4.   Doing far more than we can reasonably do and if you like, doing it by very definition, badly, or worse than it could have done.

5.   An alliance that has lost a clear enemy and threat is weakened by its very definition.

6.   And this diversity within diversity is changing the very definition of the ethnic New York neighborhood.

7.   And the very definition of that photography can be questioned.

8.   Apart from the constitutional disputes, the political battle over vouchers concerns the very definition of the public-school system.

9.   At midseason, Bryant was the very definition of selfishness in many eyes.

10.   Bible stories adapted for television and film are, by their very definition, boring -- with few exceptions.