Example sentences of "just [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ And I 've got just about the best security around , ’ he says . |
| 32 | There were three Sixes , and Trusty was just about the best Guider any Pack could wish for . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Major Bugler was just about the best of these on the level — winning a competitive handicap at Ascot in October . |
| 35 | Just about the best of these over timber , he made a successful debut over fences at Carlisle and further improvement seems likely over today 's longer trip . |
| 36 | I said yes automatically — it 's just about the best Pakistani restaurant in town . |
| 37 | ‘ Just about the best British sax player since Tubby Hayes . ’ |
| 38 | The arguments are not just about the possible extent of de-skilling . |
| 39 | ‘ The ride is firm , but there 's no body roll and the engine is just about the sweetest I 've ever had . ’ |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on . |
| 42 | ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started . |
| 43 | The most popular ethnic cuisines are Chinese , Italian , Mexican and Japanese , and just about the only restaurants you wo n't find in any great number are Indian . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | ‘ The red 335 is just about the only one I use onstage these days , ’ says Guy . |
| 49 | If one is to recognize that there are applied linguists and language teachers in the world identifiable by the difference of role they play ( even though these roles may exist in different degrees of convergence ) then the division of responsibility which corresponds with appraisal and application seems to be just about the only one to make . |
| 50 | No wonder Britain is a country heading for Third World status and just about the only people who are doing well in it are the Bailiffs . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | The distinctive deep chin cowling , a feature of the PR.XI , along with the enlarged oil tank beneath has been retained in this faithful rebuild and just about the only non-authentic concession made in the rebuild has been the fitting of a standard armour plated framed windscreen instead of the one piece wrap-around frameless example , the latter giving the pilot a somewhat distorted view from the cockpit . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | And a pigeon is just about the only wildlife you get in the city . ’ |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | Now , however , the book has attracted attention for another reason : it is just about the only book on art to have appeared in Russia in recent times . |
| 59 | Introduced by the government for the first time in the Local Government Bill , the county consists of only two districts and is dominated by Cardiff which at the time contained ‘ just about the only pocket of Conservative Party strength in south Wales ’ ( Wond 1976 : 127 ) . |
| 60 | It is just about the only fact which is unquestionably true . |