Example sentences of "[noun] are just [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Germans are just over the river there — I 'm off on a recce directly — and I have n't time to muck about . |
| 2 | A Noel Coward lyric goes ‘ Bad times are just around the corner ’ ( ‘ There are black clouds over the dark cliffs of Dover ’ ) and many homes this Christmas will be Dickensian in a depressing rather than a jolly sense . |
| 3 | It would be easy to be a prophet of doom and gloom in these difficult times but in business and in the Association , I sense a new spirit of optimism that better times are just around the corner and that we are at last seeing the tangible signs of recovery . |
| 4 | Yet the public is regularly given the impression that a general solution to the problem of natural-language understanding has been found , and that computers with the ability to chat to us and with various other human characteristics are just around the corner . |
| 5 | The way this business is moving , you really never know what exciting new opportunities are just around the corner . |
| 6 | ‘ Also , with Chernobyl still fresh in everyone 's mind I thought it might be a good idea to show that workers in the nuclear industry are just like the rest of us . |
| 7 | The cold weather payment scheme is still wholly inadequate , with thousands of pensioners whose incomes are just above the income support level receiving no extra help with their fuel charges . |
| 8 | With × 7 , Beta and Delta Equulei are just in the field with Epsilon Pegasi . |
| 9 | Spokesman John Dunwell said : ‘ Our premises in Zetland Road are just round the corner from from the town 's red light district and some of our members do not like using the building because of the district 's association with prostitution . |
| 10 | Attractive family run hotel , facing seafront , the Aquarium and Palace Pier , historic Royal Pavilion and famous Lanes are just down the road , Brighton Centre nearby . |
| 11 | Old ladies trapped in time imagine they are in 1929 and love 's first blossoms are just around the corner , an old man feels angry and cheated that 40 years of his life have disappeared . |
| 12 | Lead acid batteries are just at the moment very heavy compared with petrol , but there are many alternative types of battery being researched . |
| 13 | Situated close to the S'Amfora , these lively and very attractive apartments are just behind the Britannia bar and restaurant and are some of the best appointed on the island . |
| 14 | Rehang the appropriate shoulder of the first piece you knitted from its waste yarn on to the needles you have just emptied , with the right side towards you and pulling the needles out so that the stitches are just behind the latches . |
| 15 | After about three hours , we got through and we asked her what had happened and she said ‘ everything is fine … the tanks are just across the road ’ , and my mum did n't know what to say because we were all so upset . |