Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] [be] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Order 29 , r12(1) simply states that the interim payment should be just and not exceed a reasonable proportion of the damages that the plaintiff is likely to be awarded . |
| 2 | A mild , wet spring would be just the ticket for Stowmarket-based lawnmower maker Atco Qualcast , whose management team has just bought the firm from cement group Blue Circle Industries . |
| 3 | Social housing should be just that . |
| 4 | Although collective property auctions take place regularly in London ( often primarily for investors rather than house-hunters ) , in country areas the more typical auction will be just for one house , and as likely as not will take place in a nearby pub or village hall . |
| 5 | But with the VR system , images are so realistic explicit sex and graphic violence will be just like the real thing , scientists say . |
| 6 | On those rare days when the weather has run out of rain and the sun has driven away the clouds , the wrong packed lunch can be just as disastrous . |
| 7 | The following comment could be just as easily applied to the 1980s as to earlier this century . |
| 8 | A simple headache may be just that — perhaps as a result of tension or over-tiredness . |
| 9 | Of course it is often possible to distinguish ‘ strong ’ and ‘ weak ’ ministers ; but it must not be forgotten that the comparatively temporary incumbent of the top position of a large organization may be just lucky or unlucky — in arriving when key advisers are likely to agree that exciting innovations are necessary , or conversely in finding that the consolidation of existing policies , or the confronting of unpleasant realities , is more important than the policy changes he or she cherishes . |
| 10 | The conventional wisdom is that the biggest effects are produced after the veil of material from an eruption ( called a ‘ dust veil ’ , although suspended droplets of liquids such as sulphuric acid may be just important as solid particles ) has spread around the hemisphere and is blocking the Sun 's radiation more or less uniformly . |
| 11 | These are ideal for our purpose and by late summer should be just about right . |
| 12 | A transparency sent round in a cab or a special piece of artwork produced at short notice can be just as valuable as an exciting launch or a slap-up lunch . |
| 13 | And if it did happen , your physical health could be just the first of many things you lose , that you take for granted now . |
| 14 | In reality , a well-conceived general course may be just as coherent as a narrower one ; after all , the study of classics traditionally involves two languages and three disciplines and who is to say that classics is not both general and coherent ? |
| 15 | In other departments the approach to assessment was deliberately kept as informal and flexible as possible , as in the following extended quotation from the Head of Drama at ‘ Pope John Paul ’ , which illustrates that this type of apparent informality can be just as thorough and searching , if not more so , than many supposedly more objective methods : |
| 16 | The contribution of duodenogastrooesophageal reflux may be just one of a number of damaging influences in the lower oseophagus of patients with Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 17 | A Hollywood blue movie would be just the kind of bonus to keep his agents sweet . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to fight for the world title and to do it against a fellow Brit would be just great . |
| 19 | In some music this strained atmosphere may be just what we want , but for the moment our objective is rather to achieve a smooth , natural-sounding discourse . |
| 20 | ECCENTRIC MEYERSON MAY BE JUST THE CURE |
| 21 | In this case , of course , the average permanent income would be just equal to the average measured income ( that is , Y p = Y ) . |
| 22 | Second , because its hidden curriculum can be just as undermining to our real intentions as that of the former withdrawal system . |
| 23 | Critical and creative thinking may be just another buzz phrase for thinking . |
| 24 | Disabled people 's main aim may be just to create art , but for many the current scale of discrimination makes that goal unreachable . |
| 25 | The maximum attendance will be just 26,000 and places within the ground will be at a premium , particularly if Arsenal fulfil their promise and have a successful season . |