Example sentences of "[adv] just about [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet we have adapted our lives , more or less , to the motor car ; the early legislation was progressively modified as technology advanced and attitudes changed until , by a process of social adaptation and general education , the current road traffic regulations and the Highway Code together just about control the monster . |
| 2 | I 've gone round the car twice , I thought , that ai n't stopped but I did , you do n't realise it 's stopped cos I did n't hear the bib bib bib bib bib there 's so much foam anyway you do n't realise there 's none coming out the like fine dribbles coming out of fucking put the back , put the jets bit on he rinsed it all down just about got it rinsed and then it gives you like erm a blob like a wax blob , so I put that on there I thought |
| 3 | Besides , Alf can only just about drag hisself to the King 's Arms and back once a day , and then e's finished . |
| 4 | I remember the over-eager , gaping mouths and outstretched necks , as well as those who could only just about lift their eyelids and had to have the food forced down their throats so that they would have the strength to keep fighting for life . |
| 5 | It 's a bit like somebody sort of can only just about kick a ball and you say , We 'll make him our centre forward . |
| 6 | Thinking of his earlier remark , Cassie said bluntly : ‘ Well , I 've only just about got one foot in the middle class bracket , myself , so perhaps you 'd be slumming if you made love to me , which is so obviously what you have in mind . ’ |
| 7 | Tokyo was not just about Shine On winning a big international race and collecting a top breeding mare , she was sure of it . |
| 8 | ‘ Home shopping is not just about calling mail order companies these days . |
| 9 | This book is not just about reclaiming what was written but the why and the how , and always the cost . |
| 10 | This is not just about forms ; it is about telling people about all the available services , explaining properly how to use them and what to do when things go wrong . |
| 11 | Meals are not just about eating , they are about talking and not wishing to hurry into another room for coffee . |
| 12 | Elections are not just about electing representatives to Parliament . |
| 13 | But they say it 's not just about profit . |
| 14 | The economic argument for partnerships is made powerfully in the book , in a way which emphasises that this is not just about producing a better skilled work force to create more capital . |
| 15 | Fanfare is not just about learning English . |
| 16 | Good health is not just about providing efficient , high quality medical services . |
| 17 | Good health is not just about providing efficient , high quality medical services . |
| 18 | ‘ To me , a dining room table is not just about stuffing oneself . |
| 19 | The central point I want to make is the general one , not just about culling : namely , that there really are arguments on both sides and we have to do justice to the complexity of the problem . |
| 20 | Save The Children 's work is not just about dealing with emergency situations . |
| 21 | Sir Peter even suggested yesterday that business was not just about making profits . |
| 22 | Technology is not just about making clever films for party political broadcasts or staging breathtaking rallies , but more about helping weld your communications strategy into a coherent whole . |
| 23 | This poor self-image is clearly not just about looks but also about identity and worth — whether you are ‘ worth anything ’ , whether your problems are serious or important enough to trouble anyone with . |
| 24 | The course is not just about starting a new enterprise , it 's also about raising the standard of enterprises that already exist . |
| 25 | Education is not just about giving people the facts . |
| 26 | Cos it 's about the whole , it 's not just about interviewing , interviewing . |
| 27 | Good health care is not just about treating you when you are ill , but also giving help and advice so that you stay fit and well . |
| 28 | As Jonathan Martin , the BBC head of sport , put it : ‘ It 's not just about having the biggest cheque on the table . |
| 29 | Democracy is not just about having elections : it is about having a proper parliament capable of scrutiny and of holding governments to account . |
| 30 | Screwing 's not just about having babies . |