Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conference being of a very high level , the participants had been limited to just eighteen very distinguished gentlemen and two ladies — a German countess and the formidable Mrs Eleanor Austin , at that time still resident in Berlin ; but each of these might reasonably bring secretaries , valets and interpreters , and there proved no way of ascertaining the precise number of such persons to expect . |
| 2 | It 's hoped all 500 operations will have been completed within just 6 weeks . |
| 3 | Mr Gough said that the merger discussions had been completed in just three weeks . |
| 4 | In Britain three-quarters of all daily newspapers are owned by just three companies . |
| 5 | More than half the small peasant farms are squeezed onto just 16 per cent of the land . |
| 6 | But the vessel , now being fitting out in an estuary in northern Spain , has been designed for just one voyage . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | a radiograph of the pieces revealed that it had not been made from just one piece of iron , but from many welded together . |
| 9 | Books have been written on just one aspect of one creature and yet have never reached the end of the story . |
| 10 | ‘ Tops ’ or soundboards are made from just two woods : Swiss pine for the very best instruments , Western red cedar for the others . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A search of this size is impossible with the printed OED , where you are restricted to just those quotations including " love " which the original editors decided to put into the entry for " love " . |
| 13 | At one site , the amount of coral had been halved in just three years . |
| 14 | Andrews cost Saints £200,000 when he joined from Celtic three years ago but has been restricted to just five appearances as understudy to Tim Flowers and now wants to return to his native Midlands . |
| 15 | And the candlestick is beautiful — dare I say we 've been lusting after just such a one for ages , and now we can enjoy your gift . |
| 16 | The Rovertrail has been invented for just that situation ( and many others , of course . ) |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | At a Royal Institution lecture , he demonstrated that colour images could be formed from just three primary colours . |
| 19 | At a Royal Institution lecture , he demonstrated that colour images could be formed from just three primary colours . |
| 20 | If we choose a different set A , containing kind-of-coat but omitting form-of-fur and length-of-beak , and if the possible values for kind-of-coat are shaggy fur straight fur short feathers long feathers then the whole classification can be completed with just simple concepts because the function kind-of-coat is total . |
| 21 | It will mean that wide-ranging corporate risks will be able to be placed with just one underwriter . |
| 22 | It will mean that wide-ranging corporate risks will be able to be placed with just one underwriter . |
| 23 | Because few tickets are available fans will be limited to just one pair of tickets each . |
| 24 | The system means calls can be located in just 30 seconds at the push of a button , including those made from mobile phones , call boxes and even abroad . |
| 25 | The spokesman explained : ‘ When problems can not be resolved in just one 15 minute call , Grant Thornton can provide further help either by telephone or by a visit to the caller 's farm subject to their normal terms of business . ’ |
| 26 | Her whole life seemed to be dominated by just one man , so that she could concentrate on little else . |
| 27 | If so , we can allow that in some sense the value of the society is a matter of the values actualised in the distinct lives , while insisting that these values could only be actualised within just such a society . |
| 28 | Any pattern can be designed in just two colours , which would be all that is needed if you want to create punchcard or Mylar charts for tuck , slip , weaving and so on . |
| 29 | The 80 emergency exchanges would be slashed to just three with the loss of 8,000 trained operators . |
| 30 | Well this is the last place you 'd expect to come for summer sport but it 's here at Wembley on Monday that swindon town will bring their hopes and hearts … hello there … this is the stage where the fate … the future … the fortunes of Swindon Town will be decided in just one game against Leicester City … the prize a place in football 's premier league … so let's go down Wembley Way to size up the Big Match … |