Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be just [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though other books may be just as good or even better on one particular feature . |
| 2 | Yet the resort to arms is by definition a crisis of politics , and to neglect the political response for the sake of military considerations may be just as perilous . |
| 3 | Indeed , without such unifying pressures , the two peoples could be just as conscious of their differences — cultural and otherwise — no matter how happily individuals might mingle in Washington , London , Harvard or Oxford , and despite the multitude of personal ties and experiences . |
| 4 | An old fashioned stone yard is ideal , but a good clean well built modern set of stables can be just as good . |
| 5 | ‘ blind kids can be just as spiteful as other kids . ’ |
| 6 | The result is that the books can be just as amusing on second reading , which is just as well given the ambitious content . |
| 7 | Parents can be just as sensitive to school as their five-year-old child . |
| 8 | People accuse the whites of being prejudiced , but blacks can be just as bad . |
| 9 | Future canine guests should be just as welcome — she did n't leave any hairs in the bath ! |
| 10 | The purpose of this chapter has been to establish three propositions : that religious beliefs have penetrated scientific discussion on many levels , that to reduce the relationship between science and religion to one of conflict is therefore inadequate , but that to construct a revisionist history for apologetic purposes would be just as problematic . |
| 11 | Bob Shorter , the contracts director for Highland Health Board , said the news was encouraging , but stressed that money to cover running costs would be just as important as money which might pay for a new hospital . |
| 12 | The loss could well be considerably higher , particularly if you are male or heavily overweight ; but over-high expectations can be just as demoralizing as very slow weight loss , so we are taking a restrained attitude . |
| 13 | There is a wealth of cheap software written especially for education , but standard application packages can be just as beneficial . |
| 14 | If heavy bushes are out of place , graceful grasses can be just as efficient . |
| 15 | Our existing tenants are more than happy with the service they receive and we are confident that new tenants will be just as pleased . |
| 16 | He continued : ‘ It is perhaps encouraging that Scotland has suffered less than most regions , however , although the average fraud perpetrated in Scotland tends to be smaller than in some regions , the impact on Scottish businesses can be just as damaging . ’ |
| 17 | Experiences that inhibit us as learners can be just as important in this respect as experiences that help . |
| 18 | National brewing giants such as Allied or Whitbread , though , are not the only villains ; small independent firms can be just as insensitive in their treatment of their tied houses . |
| 19 | Reg and I were most vitriolic about the risk to which we had been exposed and hoped that the Germans would be just as inefficient . ’ |
| 20 | Given a fair blow much higher speeds must be just as easy . |
| 21 | This latter is quite an important point , because although it may not be immediately obvious , a deposit which consists only of large particles can be just as well-sorted as one which consists only of small ones . |
| 22 | But unofficial links can be just as significant as more overt official association , as in the close association of business and financial interests with the Conservative Party . |
| 23 | The aim is to demonstrate that environment-friendly modes can be just as quick and efficient , if not more so , than the private motor car . |
| 24 | The defendant 's documents may be just as relevant and important as the evidence of eye witnesses as indeed can be the lack of such documents ( see Coyle v Arnham Timber Co Ltd ( 1981 ) NLJ 367 ) . |
| 25 | Such ‘ limits ’ on the freedom of the press are often overlooked yet their consequences may be just as severe as those which the state can impose . |
| 26 | Historians or philosophers would be just as good , provided they were not actually hostile to religion . |
| 27 | Prescribing unnecessary drugs or too many medicines can be just as bad for your health as prescribing too few . |
| 28 | Social and psychological burdens can be just as incapacitating as physical ill health . |