Example sentences of "just about the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scaup must be just about the loneliest farm in England , tucked down in the shelter of the hills with Kielder Forest 's dark mass blocking its southward view and the narrowing valley of the burn filling half the sky to the north . |
| 2 | He 'd looked round and it had seemed like just about the first place he 'd seen , and some part of him deep down had said : It 's got to be somewhere , why not here ? |
| 3 | During the Thirties when we were all in the big bands , I remember the really fiery jazz clarinet he used to play with us in the Bag O' Nails , just about the first jazz club in Britain . ’ |
| 4 | I started to read newspapers and magazines more , and , for just about the first time in my life , I began to take an interest in current affairs . |
| 5 | Ian Rush fed the ball to Steve McManaman , who for just about the first time was decisive with his delivery , hitting the ball low across the face of the goal , and there was Walters at the far post to tap it in . |
| 6 | There you were , come to save our pathetic little radio station , and just about the first thing you did was scoop that concert in Harare , and at the height of the cultural boycott , because you 'd emphasised our independent nature . |
| 7 | And as it turned out , staying inside Armstrong was just about the cleverest thing I did that night . |
| 8 | The images say so much , not just about the extraordinary grace of ferns , but about their place in the environment . |
| 9 | Yet for all that , health provides just about the bloodiest battleground in British politics today . |
| 10 | It should be noted that the members of the Newbolt Committee , like other influential educationist such as Ernest Barker , were concerned not just about the working class , but also with the middle class , and particularly the salaried workers whose numbers were increasing so dramatically after the war . |
| 11 | Some burning sun , black clouds , rain and wind were the backdrop to another highly agreeable fortnight in Paris at just about the perfect time of year . |
| 12 | They both married , with Madge going to live in Cotherstone , just about the nearest village to us , and Violet staying near the bottom of the dale . |
| 13 | There were three Sixes , and Trusty was just about the best Guider any Pack could wish for . |
| 14 | SAVING the punchline till last , just about the best joke of a pretty unfunny decade comes in its dying days . |
| 15 | SAVING the punchline till last , just about the best joke of a pretty unfunny decade comes in its dying days . |
| 16 | ‘ And I 've got just about the best security around , ’ he says . |
| 17 | The arguments are not just about the possible extent of de-skilling . |
| 18 | And though both were gone by the close — Stewart to just about the only ball to misbehave badly all match — the balance of power remained unaltered , a fact emphasised by Lamb and nightwatchman Russell on the second morning . |
| 19 | ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started . |
| 20 | I 'd love to read something about Beefheart again — for me he is still just about the only person who has been described as a genius in your august organ who might just be one . |
| 21 | That is a pity : the price of financial distress is just about the only way in which the cost of capital for firms plausibly differs between the two rivals over the longer term . |
| 22 | Which makes new Gold for Cooking just about the only way you can cut down on fat without cutting out most of your favourite dishes . |
| 23 | That was just about the only way a girl could get any equal action time , if her boyfriend was behind bars . ’ |
| 24 | More recently , he has been singled out as just about the only member of the cabinet blessed with the combined talents of toughness , intellect , experience and unsullied reputation . |
| 25 | With its two twin towers of baroque grey stone , it was just about the only building in Moon Beach that was n't either white or pale-blue . |
| 26 | ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on . |
| 27 | In the last quarter of the 20th century , the USSR may be just about the only country in the world where health standards are actually falling . |
| 28 | This is just about the only country in the world with an organised industry . |
| 29 | I think the other feature of the system is — and I think people generally do n't realize what a remarkable it is — we 're just about the only country in the world that has this system , and we are remarkably successful in involving ordinary members of the community in the administration of justice , both in our lay magistrates system and in our jury system . |
| 30 | Despite that , the Dairy Crest sell-off is just about the only part of the MMB proposals to have been met with enthusiasm by the rest of the industry . |