Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She flew well , though , so I removed the creance after just one flight . |
| 32 | A threshold can hold numbers down : Germany 's fierce 5% one has usually kept the Bundestag to just four parties , rarely five . |
| 33 | Christian work in places , urban and suburban , must be missionary work' , the work of ‘ imperial expansion ’ having exported the gospel like just another sort of industrial export , leaving ‘ much at home unsure ’ . |
| 34 | I do n't like most of the models in Just 17 or something , I hate these jackets at the moment with flowers . |
| 35 | Teri Roose aims to stock at least one piece from each of the 34 members , more from most , and a changing exhibition in the front of the shop for just one . |
| 36 | In 1964 Special Rapporteur Sir Humphrey Waldock restated the classic rule and covered the exceptions in just two draft articles . |
| 37 | Condition ( 1 ) is regarded as necessary because it is clearly not legitimate to conclude that all metals expand when heated on the basis of just one observation of a metal bar 's expansion , say , any more than it is legitimate to conclude that all Australians are drunkards on the basis of one observation of an intoxicated Australian . |
| 38 | For instance , we would be justifiably reluctant to ascribe supernatural powers to a fortune-teller on the basis of just one correct prediction . |
| 39 | It is not , however , possible to draw valid conclusions about the way in which the scheme works generally in the authority 's schools solely on the basis of just two case studies . |
| 40 | Nevertheless , attempting to detect a cyclical trend on the basis of just three cycles is a risky enterprise . |
| 41 | Even if they did , the breakdown of just 2 per cent of the paper in the cup would give off methane to match the greenhouse warming potential produced by all the pentane gas used to ‘ blow ’ the foam of a polystyrene cup . |
| 42 | Local academics and ecologists estimate that if it 's allowed to continue industrial fishing will exhaust the stocks in just five years from now . |
| 43 | Moreover , there are laws of constitutional significance , such as the various acts regulating the franchise and granting the vote , and the Parliament Act , 1949 which limits the capacity of the House of Lords to delay bills passed by the Commons to just 1 year . |
| 44 | Ivan Lendl takes out a freshly strung Mizuno frame with Babolat VS Natural Gut at every ball change — he notices the difference after just nine games . |
| 45 | As a result , it is quite common to find competing explanations of a single set of events , each presupposing the truth of just those premises — whether holist or individualist — which themselves require to be established . |
| 46 | TO MARK the 70th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun 's Tomb , the Egyptians are opening the site for just this month and January . |
| 47 | Townsend almost gave his side the lead after just five minutes . |
| 48 | Queens Park Rangers at home to Manchester City took the lead after just thirteen minutes through Ferdinand , and to add to Manchester City 's misery , they had Pointon sent off . |
| 49 | Earlier , things had looked black for the visitors as Farnham moved into the lead after just 14 minutes . |
| 50 | Forest began by taking the lead after just two minutes . |
| 51 | The Rangers defence failed to deal with cross balls all day , and it was inevitable the home side should use that route successfully in taking the lead after just 12 minutes . |
| 52 | The Rangers defence failed to deal with cross balls all day , and it was inevitable the home side should use that route successfully in taking the lead after just 12 minutes . |
| 53 | United against Wycombe brought seven goals … a sending off and a penalty … which put Wanderers into the lead after just 9 minutes … |
| 54 | United against Wycombe brought seven goals … a sending off and a penalty … which put Wanderers into the lead after just 9 minutes … |
| 55 | Swindon were in no danger of missing the boat to the third round … just to make sure player manager Glenn Hoddle hammered them into the lead after just three minutes … |
| 56 | It divides the population into just three substantial , although unequal sections — in 1989 66 per cent of households were owner-occupiers , 24 per cent rented from a local authority , 6 per cent rented privately , 2 per cent from a housing association . |
| 57 | I had already sent him a book , examples of my work , a letter about why and how I was doing the book , all for the sake of just one short interview . |
| 58 | Rory Underwood 's try put England ahead for the first time in the match with just seven minutes to go after a spell of relentless pressure on the home side . |
| 59 | Here , in their own brief words , are the stories of just three of them . |
| 60 | But this summer the crown should be his … he 's way ahead of the rest with just one race to go … |