Example sentences of "be just [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would be just after you decided not to declare exterminatus after all … |
| 2 | That seems unusual , but it may be just that the home warren attracted more elil than other places . |
| 3 | ‘ It might be just that he 's one of their flock . ’ |
| 4 | Strachan : Showed some lovely touches but seemed to be just that bit too slow . |
| 5 | To be just when you have not received justice . |
| 6 | Mr Andrew Collins , QC , for the wives — who were not legally aided — suggested it would be just if those responsible for the ‘ singularly inept ’ drafting of the poll tax legislation were ordered to pay the costs bill . |
| 7 | The speed may be just because I 'm press , of course — Which ? magazine said this week the AA is slowest of the big motoring organisations to answer a call . |
| 8 | Can this be just because er incomes have risen ? |
| 9 | It could be just because he 's lazy . |
| 10 | They 've changed all the things that used to be just because they know Like form twos always used to have an end of term leaving party . |
| 11 | Care , of course , has to be taken not to equate , by necessity , duration with severity , for a child might be just as traumatized by one incident as by a succession of repeated incidents over time . |
| 12 | The majority of women do undertake paid work in their later middle life , and it can be just as wrenching for them to leave it as for men . |
| 13 | Remember that a child can be just as upset by the death of a beloved animal as by a human so do your best not to trivialise their grief at such times . |
| 14 | While shoot 'em up and take no prisoner-type games may put you firmly into the hand-relief category , other games can be just as telling . |
| 15 | It can be just as filling and comforting as a hot dish , while at the same time far lighter — a good thing if you are stuck behind a desk most of the day . |
| 16 | I expected the Polynesians there to be just as subject to the ailments of the flesh as anywhere else in the world — especially polio — otherwise what would they need a doctor for ? |
| 17 | It would be just as mistaken to assume that pensions legislation was always indicative of concessionary responses to mounting pressure on behalf of the particular groups that eventually benefited . |
| 18 | The Stop the M12 group is also opposed to upgrading the A12 , fearing this would be just as damaging to the environment . |
| 19 | The latter are quite as real as the former , may have equally far-reaching results and can be just as limiting to the quality of life in the individual concerned . |
| 20 | The boy 's parents may still deny his sexual adulthood , or the girl 's will very probably be just as alarmed . |
| 21 | Second , because its hidden curriculum can be just as undermining to our real intentions as that of the former withdrawal system . |
| 22 | Traditionally land has been valued mainly for its intrinsic worth as a factor of production , but with the growth of recreation and tourism , land in the form of landscape can be just as , if not more , valuable a resource . |
| 23 | Whose joy to find you may be just as feigned . |
| 24 | So and I would extend the same argument to abortion and I would say erm wh what happens in abortion admittedly erm an artificial abortion mean means that presumably a spontaneous abortion has has n't happened , but a modern woman is using extra means that she has er at her disposal , probably to deal with extra problems which evolution originally could not foresee and ultimately her self-interest might be just as well served by having er induced the abortion ultimately as it would by erm by not having but I mean this is just my personal view , and I do n't |
| 25 | I understand you loud and clear , and it will be just as you desire , I promise . ’ |
| 26 | But he 'll be just as overwhelmed if he becomes Manchester United 's first regular centre back from Ulster since Jackie Blanchflower 's time . |
| 27 | Where the application is made to the district judge he may , if in doubt as to the proper order to be made , refer the application to the judge forthwith or at the next convenient opportunity , and the judge may hear the application and make such order as may be just or may refer it back to the district judge with directions . |
| 28 | your conduct was such that it would be just and equitable to make a deduction ; |
| 29 | Here , as before , we see how claims which were thought to be just and well-attested in practice , were in danger of extinction from the lack of the documents which met the requirements of a new age . |
| 30 | And the vision held out was of a Russia transformed from grinding poverty , ignorance , and rural backwardness into a society that would not only be just and free but modern , dynamic , industrial . |