Example sentences of "[vb pp] by just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can you prevent the discussion from becoming dominated by just one or two people ? |
| 2 | Her whole life seemed to be dominated by just one man , so that she could concentrate on little else . |
| 3 | Although we might expect bedrock mineralogy to exert a pervasive control over the products of chemical weathering this is not the case , at least at the broad scale , both because the rocks and minerals exposed at the Earth 's surface are dominated by just two or three types ( Table 6.5 ) , and because prolonged weathering tends to lead to a convergence of secondary mineral types irrespective of parent material mineralogy . |
| 4 | In Britain three-quarters of all daily newspapers are owned by just three companies . |
| 5 | The Beijing massacre , after all , was preceded by just such a struggle . |
| 6 | The Beijing massacre , after all , was preceded by just such a struggle . |
| 7 | Much of the final selection is done by just one person . |
| 8 | Performance came 27th , selected by just 103 of 9,400 respondents . |
| 9 | After the opening photograph round eight teams were separated by just one point . |
| 10 | Californian Wayne Rainey and Michael Doohan , separated by just two points in the title race , start side by side on the front row . |
| 11 | Wayne Rainey and Michael Doohan , separated by just two points in the title race , start side by side on the front row . |
| 12 | They show that two specks , separated by just 335 milliseconds of arc in radio maps of part of the northern sky , are in fact duplicate images of the same distant radio source . |
| 13 | Last year , at a cost of C$1.4m ( $1.9m ) , the commission investigated about 1,800 complaints , four-fifths of which were made by just four zealous citoyens . |
| 14 | The existence of other endothelin receptors also seems to be increasingly likely ; indeed , it may well be difficult to imagine that the actions of three different peptides are mediated by just two receptors . |
| 15 | An example of the interactions between living things in which both partners would appear to benefit equally occurs in the Amazon Forest where one particular species of orchid is pollinated by just one species of bee which seems to be tailor-made to fit the flower which it pollinates . |
| 16 | The city is growing at the rate of 6,000 people a month , whilst 90% of the state 's water supplies are currently used by just 6,000 farmers . |
| 17 | The show is watched by just six million viewers , but he said : ‘ I think the public are beginning to take to it . ’ |
| 18 | Sometimes this may mean taking advantage of options offered by just one type of finance , sometimes it may mean combining different types of finance . |
| 19 | The building , a powerful monument to the Cold War between East and West , is now owned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and used as a BBC World Service relay station , staffed by just four employees.It is not within the 1,560 acre property purchased by the National Trust.Merlin Waterson , the Trust 's regional director , who accompanied yesterday 's visit by ferry from Orford Quay , said a study was under way into which of the buildings should be preserved . |
| 20 | ‘ One evening in the Veterans ’ Club in Sarajevo , I was summoned to a dark room lit by just one candle to meet the army commander of one of the central districts of Sarajevo . |
| 21 | With the new system , the target was reduced by just 11 runs , implying a rate of 5.65 in getting 164 in 29 overs , by far the fastest rate of the match . |
| 22 | However , although this example reflects the failure of the Federal Trade Commission to think the sanction of positive repentance through to its logical conclusion , it also demonstrates just how powerful this sanction could be , had it been accompanied by just one further instruction — ‘ publish the repenting adverts in the original outlets ’ . |
| 23 | The thought , accompanied by just such an image , jumped into Lisa 's head before she could stop it . |
| 24 | The tiny station at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire is run by just two people , and both are dedicated to keeping the long suffering rail traveller happy . |
| 25 | Banbury vet , Clifford Butler , said the dog suffered multiple injuries unlikely to have been caused by just one kick as Hughes claimed . |
| 26 | Played two … lost two … that 's Gloucester rugby club 's league record this season … do n't panic though on Saturday they were beaten by just one point at Leicester in a game that should have been their 's |
| 27 | — all semantic information is expressed by just one word ( no need for modifiers or other restrictions ) ; |
| 28 | In her last year with the Company , aided by just one assistant , she raised orders for some £12,000,000 worth of new vehicles . |
| 29 | Administration is handled by just three staff including Norman Eggleton . |
| 30 | When it took off at midnight on September 25 , 1963 , Aldergrove was serviced by just seven airlines and carried relatively few passengers . |