Example sentences of "about the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Subsequent studies showed that the TVA chemists had hit upon just about the most sensitive explosive you can make from ammonium nitrate and wax . |
| 32 | On 23 September 1954 Blake married his secretary Gillian Allan and on 14 April 1955 he was posted to West Berlin , just about the time that the Berlin tunnel became operational . |
| 33 | In fact the Jag is just about the only one that can really wipe the smiles off their drivers ' faces , unless you 're talking Rolls-Royce or Bentley . |
| 34 | Sandy thought his 68 was just about the worst he could have got out of the round , driving like that . |
| 35 | In an impassioned speech , Jacko begins , ‘ I think this is just about the most important question this union 's ever had to face . |
| 36 | There were three Sixes , and Trusty was just about the best Guider any Pack could wish for . |
| 37 | ‘ On complex issues , Cabinet committees are just about the worst possible way of arriving at sensible decisions … . |
| 38 | We have a form of presidential government in which she operates like a sovereign in her court ’ , which is just about the most toughly worded formulation of the case for Mrs Thatcher as Queen Boadicea driving a chariot of conviction politics through the conventions of collective Cabinet government . |
| 39 | Local Management of Schools is not just about the delegation of staffing powers from LEAs to schools . |
| 40 | In addition the set includes the Fairy 's Kiss Divertimento , a substantial Petrushka Suite with just about the only really convincing performance I have ever heard of Stravinsky 's concert ending , and Prokofiev 's Scythian Suite and Le Pas d'Acier . |
| 41 | And that , I am afraid , is just about the most interesting thing you can say about it . |
| 42 | This must be just about the most unmoving performance of Traviata ever recorded , and does little justice to Toscanini 's reputation as an opera conductor . |
| 43 | ‘ The ride is firm , but there 's no body roll and the engine is just about the sweetest I 've ever had . ’ |
| 44 | I threw myself with apparent enthusiasm into a conversation Marietta and the solicitor were having about the difficulty of finding and keeping reliable cleaning ladies . |
| 45 | If an overweight man in his fifties who is a heavy smoker , has a family history of heart disease and is working in a stressful job were to decide to ‘ get fit ’ and invite a colleague for a game of squash for the first time in twenty years , he would be doing just about the best he could to give himself a heart attack . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier . |
| 48 | ’ And fuck it , it 's not just about the clothes that people wear . |
| 49 | ‘ Birth control is n't just about the population problem , it 's about women 's autonomy , ’ she said . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | The head office of the Paradise Corporation , as Sir Charles knew perfectly well , was just about the most famous building in the city . |
| 52 | 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 ? |
| 53 | In fact , it 's just about the complete opposite of the way that I do things . |
| 54 | ‘ The red 335 is just about the only one I use onstage these days , ’ says Guy . |
| 55 | There 's nothing linear about it at all ; it 's just about the vibe of the place , the people , the way they live , the way they feel . |
| 56 | Aeroplane travel is just about the easiest . |
| 57 | During the summer of 1988 , just about the time when the Clause was becoming law , an English gay novel was published to widespread acclaim . |
| 58 | ‘ This must be just about the most far-sighted piece of journalism since Alistair Cook 's notorious ‘ Portrait of a Failure' on Harry Truman appeared in the Manchester Guardian after the United States Presidential election of 1948 . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | The arguments are not just about the possible extent of de-skilling . |