Example sentences of "[be] just a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There must have been just a small problem of logistics . |
| 2 | Previously it 's been just a blank sheet of printing paper shut up in a lightproof envelope ; now it has a function , an image , a certainty . |
| 3 | No , I am just a simple man of business . |
| 4 | Do n't be fooled into thinking that the shop assistants are unconcerned about appearances , that they are just a kooky bunch of crazy kids who live hard , play rough and dress casual . |
| 5 | For the reader , however , an art defined as national , made as cohesive and marketable as possible , may be less than convincing as an entity ; it may be that within a survey or an anthology there are just a limited number of interesting and attractive works . |
| 6 | We are just a grander version of that beetle bashing its head in a box at the sound of a tapped pencil . |
| 7 | The above figures ( like all others ) are just a rough approximation of the ECM 's overall size . |
| 8 | A spokesman told The Scotsman that the letters are just a simple way of making funds available to people . |
| 9 | In fact , drugs are just a minor part of their lives . |
| 10 | My Lords I , I , I , I , it may be just a total inadequacy of my dwindling intellectual powers that I find that extremely difficult to follow ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm just a small part of a team , so you need n't get your knickers in a twist trying to be polite ! ’ she snapped . |
| 12 | The variations are so wide that it would contravene both the principle of fair labelling ( see Chapter 3.3 ( 1 ) ) and the principle of maximum certainty ( see Chapter 3.3 ( i ) ) if there were just a single offence of non-fatal harm and a single offence of sexual assault : this would often leave little to be decided at the trial and would transfer the effective decision to the sentencing stage . |
| 13 | The difference between Figures 2 and 3 is probably not important , each being just a different representation of what can only be a pale reflection of the true state of affairs , just as any illustration of the body 's organs is but a poor reflection of its true inner workings . |
| 14 | Today , the Dino Berlinetta Speciale remains a fascinating design , aggressive without being just a road-going version of a racing Ferrari and rich in class and atmosphere like all the outstanding Pininfarina designs . |
| 15 | It is just a chemical version of the computer biomorphs . |
| 16 | In other words , philosophy is just a certain type of writing in which the signifying element of language has been illusorily repressed in favour of the signified . |
| 17 | In the jargon of finance an annuity is just a regular flow of cash into or out of an account . |
| 18 | This is just a weighted mean of two values , the weights having been computed previously . |
| 19 | He must have read her note to me the other day , because this is just a truncated version of it . |
| 20 | But even if Saunderson 's apartment mixing-room is just a mini version of the real thing , it 's comforting to note that the man behind Inner City — an increasingly sought-after producer called to work with everyone from Samantha Fox to the Wee Papa Girl Rappers — still composes songs if not in his bedroom , then in the next to it . |
| 21 | Skymaster is just a small part of the large computer encyclopaedia that is Prestel . |
| 22 | It 'll be easier to work , it 's always easier to work more land than it is just a small plot of land . |
| 23 | This section is just a small number of the titles available through Shareware , ask for the current catalogue when ordering . |
| 24 | Surrounded by wooded gardens , the Hotel Antares is just a small flight of steps away from a private sandy beach . |
| 25 | Well I 'll show I 'll show you this is just a small list of categories of advertisers and you would not even start to think about some of those . |
| 26 | If our faith is just a tiny part of us then nobody is going to notice . |
| 27 | In other words , the fact that we get most of our true beliefs from other people , whom we believe are better placed than we are to get them for themselves , is just a special case of the division of labour : namely , of epistemic labour , the labour of acquiring knowledge . |
| 28 | Proofreading of newly copied text is just a special case of normal repair work . |
| 29 | Further , the property of token reflexivity , as in the following usage of this , is just a special case of intra-sentential discourse deixis : ( 92 ) This sentence is not true Fillmore ( 1917b : 240 ) hopes that a theory of discourse deixis will resolve the well-known paradoxes associated with sentences like ( 92 ) ( if it 's false , it 's true ; and if it 's true , it 's false ) , and indeed with token reflexivity in general . |
| 30 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |