Example sentences of "just about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just about the only humble occupation which derived from having the ability to read and write was that of teaching it to working-class children , and at that level school teaching was often the resort of widows , cripples and those generally unable to find better-paid work . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Provided the approach path was correct beforehand , the adverse yaw as the aileron is applied swings the nose off to just about the right point to keep the glider on the correct path . |
| 35 | There are just about the right number of ladies to infuriate the right-thinking and to make effective use of primary colours as highlight and contrast ; Kate Hoey in lime , Gillian Shephard in vivid egg custard , Alice Mahon in a fetching cerise , Glenda Jackson in a decent , sombre , high-necked red , Margaret Beckett , that oldtime leftist , even had a floor-cross royal blue . |
| 36 | So it 's just about the right time |
| 37 | His departure for Australia came at just about the right time . |
| 38 | ‘ That sounds just about the right approach to me , ’ he agreed . |
| 39 | So you just retired in retired just about the right time . |
| 40 | Which will give you just about the right amount of time then to walk up . |
| 41 | Th er er s drop-leaf tables are marvellous cos you get to the end of the side of your packing you see and you might have a gap just about the right size so in you put the wrapper you put the table in and you might have a little gap like left so you get the this the you get the er ironing board and put that in there . |
| 42 | Is it a good idea for DEC to boast that its VAX 6310s were the ‘ workhorses ’ of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's electoral analysis machine when the BBC 's predictions of the UK election result last week — along with just about the entire market research industry — turned out to be so wide of the mark ? |
| 43 | In fact , it 's just about the complete opposite of the way that I do things . |
| 44 | If in the end science is just about the harmonious reconciliation of the behaviour of laboratory apparatus , it is hard to see why it is worth the expenditure of effort involved . |
| 45 | In order to do this one would need to know about the nature of land rights in that particular society and about the organisation of writing within central bureaucracy , and not just about the different functions of written and spoken language in general . |
| 46 | ‘ I reckon just about the whole population of Kingsmarkham knew Charlie Hatton would be taking the field path home that night . ’ |