Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adv] just a " in BNC.

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1 I wish , dearest , that I was a poet and not just a silly twenty-three-year-old man about town …
2 Thus what we should be looking for is a system of screening that is capable of picking out expeditiously all cases that require testing and not just a sample .
3 He was n't just an actor or even just a movie star .
4 Now that the law embraced the principle of what lawyers called cessio bonorum — yielding up of goods — some thought imprisonment should be regarded as punishment and not just a way of preventing the debtor absconding .
5 And to ensure that we act as a group and not just a collection of separate offices .
6 ( 95 ) Outdoors you will find Wren create new green dimensions with sensitive landscaping that creates a community and not just a row of houses .
7 Naturopathy is one of the oldest forms of medicine and is based on four principles : the individuality of the patient , that you should treat the cause of the condition and not just the symptoms , that the body retains the ability to heal itself and that you must treat the whole person and not just an affected area .
8 Wesleyan colleges were established as theological training centres but Baptist and Congregational colleges , because of their origins as dissenting academies , still had a bias towards giving a general arts education and not just a theological training .
9 That was really the reassurance I most wanted , the knowledge that what was going to happen was only a beginning and not just an incident .
10 They have a lot of family problems , a lot of other personal social problems , and it 's very important to see really the person as a whole and not just a focus on one particular aspect of their problems .
11 Either way , astronomers are regarding it as a fascinating astronomical object and not just a recordbreaker .
12 Will you allow people to address the panel as a a comment and not just a question yes or no if you say no fine we all understand and we have to er formulate our our ideas as a question and we 'll carry on that case is quite simple and straight forward like that .
13 During those difficult years , when he drank rather more than he should , he would sometimes even forget on the way home from gigs I was his daughter and not just an ordinary groupie .
14 Running is a part of my life and not just a way to prepare for races . ’
15 There was a hint of Scottish accent in the voice and maybe just a hint of Scotch on the breath ?
16 First , everyone should realise that the countryside is a workplace and not just a recreation place .
17 Well on the wrong side of the road as well just a bit rather nutty .
18 She offers advice , information and sometimes just a sympathetic ear to worried pet owners of Cleveland .
19 Centre warden Damian Duggan felt perhaps the greatest need in Kingsley would be transport and Mrs. Telfer pointed out community care provided not just a taxi service but a friend as well .
20 If you need to be absolutely sure that you really do have your money in your hand and not just a piece of paper which may or may not be paid , ask for one or other of the above .
21 This brochure is full of sociable holidays for the hyperactive ; Houseparties are sociable holidays too , but more for people who prefer unusual places , good company , a hefty novel , good food and perhaps just a dabble at watersports .
22 Well here , here are char for example , this is a female , you see the , the white line on the fins and the very pale pink spots , this will actually get gradually more highly coloured until about December when they will be quite bright red , and , and in my opinion not a question really , but might be that some of these other ones are pretty nice as well here 's quite a , quite a dark little trout , probably been in the light for quite a long time , right now nevertheless that 's a female as well just a couple more famous small ones here , that 's a young salmon , that 's really a beauty .
23 The representatives of the media should see the meeting as a constructive activity and not just a propaganda exercise .
24 We made it clear that what we wanted was a better social security system and not just a cheaper one .
25 The whole of Blackacre is chargeable on Mr X 's death and not just an apportioned value thereof .
26 The justification for selecting the variable with the largest penalty implicitly assumed that the penalty gave a useful estimate of the decrease in objective function value and not just a bound .
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