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Meanings of very number in English

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Usage of very number in English
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The very number of his volumes is a protest to the contrary.
A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I
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For the very number of them will put a spell on you.
Journeys to Bagdad
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The very number of our assailants was in our favour, by hampering their sword-arms.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
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Yea, for their very number are toilers counted as beasts.
The Coming of the King
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This very number five, indeed, has a more than ordinary significance belonging to itself.
The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Aus...
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The very number of the Turks told against them.
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes
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She suggested that their very number was an indication of sociability, excitement, noise, and mirth.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 / A Magazine...
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But was not my wife of their very number?
Over Prairie Trails
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The very number of servants, when a place is open, in a rather effective way, police it.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
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Does not the very number of them imply that the nature of his art is not understood?
Sophist
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The very number of his foes had saved him so far from being rushed overboard or trampled down.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
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There are five of them, the very number we were told of, and one, the traitor, we have already got.
From Powder Monkey to Admiral: A Story of Naval Adventure
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Now are not the points about which there has been, and is still, most dispute, just of this very number?
Sermons for the Times
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Verres had still one hope left; and this, strangely enough, sprang out of the very number and enormity of his crimes.
Roman life in the days of Cicero
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The very number of the opponents who interfered with each other trying to get at him was a guarantee of safety.
The Big-Town Round-Up
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The very number of the Danes hindered their attack, for the tower was so small that comparatively few could approach at once.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
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