Example sentences of "[prep] be just about " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I happened to be just about the oldest one of the team of them really . |
| 3 | " … over backwards to accommodate you , but it really does look , I 'm afraid , as though this incident with the canal and the cat has to be just about the last straw , ah Steve , I understand from Mr Ashton here — " Smith nodded at the older man , who pursed his lips and nodded back , " — that Mr ah … |
| 4 | This had been reduced to 24 hours from 48 based on the 1989 evaluations and seemed to be just about right . |
| 5 | Dr Johnson considered them to be just about worth the guinea a week ( £l.05 ) they generally earned . |
| 6 | No insects and no fish have so far been found to use sonar , but two quite different groups of fish , one in South America and one in Africa , have developed a somewhat similar navigation system , which appears to be just about as sophisticated and which can be seen as a related , but different , solution to the same problem . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyone who 's prepared to use a child as a pawn just to score points in some personal vendetta has to be just about the lowest form of life . |
| 8 | dad start for Bears Speedway Exeter Falcons 54 Middlesbrough Bears 36 BORO battled hard enough but this proved to be just about the worst venue on which to open their League programme . |
| 9 | It has to be just about the most melancholy job in Government , cataloguing the Treasury 's human detritus . |