Example sentences of "[noun] be just [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cadbury report is a masterpiece of brevity , but its full scope and implications are just beginning to be realised . |
| 2 | Although the gross changes in the brain that accompany and probably cause it can be studied after the death of the patient , the details of the disease process are just beginning to be worked out in animals by studying the microscopic structure of the brain regions that are principally involved together with their biochemistry and their neurotransmitters . |
| 3 | Yes they have , very special gear in , in breathing apparatus and protective clothing , er which I did n't have in my early days , I mean breathing apparatus was just beginning to be used . |
| 4 | While school education was just beginning to be suspected of extravagance , in the early sixties , paradoxically there was an explosion of growth in university education . |
| 5 | Although the stark trees were just beginning to be in leaf , and familiarity had lessened the menacing air of the place , Theda still found herself uncomfortable within it . |
| 6 | The complexities of later family life are just beginning to be recognised with studies of inter-generational caring relationships ( Nissel and Bonnerjea , 1982 ; Abrams and Marsden , 1987 ; Ungerson , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | I 'll drop in on the Colonel , and tell him his pretty young secretary is just dying to be bummed ! ’ |
| 8 | When women complain about men calling them by endearment terms , it is often thought rather silly — the men are just trying to be friendly , after all , they do not intend any sexist slur . |
| 9 | Well , Stephanie 's just going to be |
| 10 | For research purposes , the laboratory was just beginning to be separated from the kitchen ; but for the nineteenth century the centres were the laboratory and the museum . |