Example sentences of "[prep] be just [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the undertone was exceedingly fragile , with many traders prepared to bank on the FT-SE falling below 2,200 points in the next few weeks unless the 15 per cent rates do turn out to be just a short-lived shock . |
| 2 | I should n't have been content to be just a wife . ’ |
| 3 | With Walsh then skimming the bar with a spectacular overhead shot , it seemed to be just a matter of time before Tottenham would score . |
| 4 | ‘ Now it 's going to be just a predictable film with a beginning , a middle and an end . |
| 5 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 6 | She had wanted to be beautiful like Paula , would have traded everything to be just a little like the sister whose stunning good looks had the power to attract and mesmerise wherever she went . |
| 7 | Can the car be allowed to be just a car , no longer a symbol of defence against possible demands , feelings about a prettier younger sister or a manipulating mother ? |
| 8 | Yet another multipart game , only this time it manages to be just a little more feeble than the others . |
| 9 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 10 | He seemed to be more content to be just a consultant to everyone in the music business than actually being a pioneer . |
| 11 | When he found out , he contacted the Diocese of London 's lawyers , who helped to prepare the paperwork : getting a licence seemed to be just a formality — in modern times it was practically unheard-of for a faculty to be refused . |
| 12 | The Pelagian connection appears to be just a confusion with the earlier myth . |
| 13 | ‘ It used to be just a couple of fans outside but there are more now . |
| 14 | ‘ It has to be just a little longer , straighter and perhaps more masculine . ’ |
| 15 | I remember the scandal surrounding her in the Seventies , when she appeared to be just a naive young girl caught up in the trappings of fame . |
| 16 | The cockcrow itself is too laden with old significance to be just a motif . |
| 17 | It appears to be just a tragic accident . ’ |
| 18 | Is a hypertext to be just a static database structure which is browsed by some entirely external program ? |
| 19 | The European Political Community was not to be just a third community , but nothing less than the beginning of a comprehensive federation to which the ECSC and EDC would be subordinated . |
| 20 | EFTA was to be just a free trade area ; as such , there was no agreement on barriers being set against third parties . |
| 21 | What really annoyed Daugherty was that critics were applauding The Public Enemy , a movie which seemed to him to be just a very well-cut and scripted melodrama that would serve as good ‘ yokel bait ’ . |
| 22 | Do you want it to be just a commercial success or do you see it as an opportunity to exhibit large or unusual works , or the sort of work you would like to do more of ? |
| 23 | So large , that when plans to flood their lowland were first announced , the Rut landers protested , ‘ But we do not wish our county to be just a towpath around a lake ! ’ |
| 24 | The party seemed to be just a party — quite an entertaining one , but nothing world-shaking . |
| 25 | Your Watson , then , needs to be just a little less intelligent than you conceive your readers as being . |
| 26 | Cup board cos it used to be just a just a shelf just a board with some hooks on it hang your cups on it . |
| 27 | ‘ It would seem to be just a matter of time before the man 's identified . ’ |
| 28 | His first wife had left him to become a theatrical agent because she did n't want to be just a housewife . |
| 29 | It is important to note that the criteria range must not have any blank rows so reset it to be just a single row before giving the new Extract command . |
| 30 | It just appears to be just a fraction out of focus maybe , I do n't know . |