Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] just when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why the Romans threw themselves into the difficult business of absorbing the culture of one foreign nation just when they were involved in exhausting wars with another foreign nation , remains one of those puzzles which characterize nations in their most inscrutable and decisive hours . |
| 2 | He took a gulp at the Scotch and gave a wry smile at the injustices of this world which caused him to be smitten with another one of those blinding attacks just when he was about to make it . |
| 3 | INDIGO GIRLS Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the folk club … |
| 4 | It seems kind of strange to me that the club sells the largest opponent for their money-hyped out-of-form attacker just when he need some rest … ( he , he ) |
| 5 | His credibility as EC President is at an all-time low just when he needs to tackle yet another crisis . |
| 6 | Over the years Solihull has perfected the art of stepping-stone marketing — improving models just when the opposition thought it had caught up . |
| 7 | They call it an attempt to emphasise that Macedonia is an historically and culturally Greek region just when the ex-Yugoslav Macedonia , invented and so-named after World War II by Tito , is seeking international support for its own claim to independence , so far without much success : in part because of the problem of its name , in part because of fear that it is looking with greedy eyes at Greek Macedonia . |
| 8 | The voluntary bodies must be consulted in a rather more positive fashion than the very flimsy effort so far produced by the Scottish Development Department and the Government must now throw the baby out with the bath water and greatly weaken our statutory conservation agency just when it is needed most . |
| 9 | But this hardly solves the problem of knowing how to obtain the relevant indices just when we need them . |
| 10 | Throwing in this unbalancing element of bizarre comedy just when I 'd got everything settled . |
| 11 | However , this option , quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling , entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly . |
| 12 | There 's no point arguing over finances this month , or jeopardising a special relationship just when some kind of settlement is about to be agreed . |