Example sentences of "[noun pl] be just about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Truth is , the two cars are just about equally matched when it comes to acceleration in each gear . |
| 2 | However , the semicircular child 's shrimp nets are just about passable for occasional use . |
| 3 | The income from the shipping company and rents is just about enough to keep the overdraft from going above its limit . |
| 4 | Old glassfibre boats are just about infinitely reparable and even that one-time scourge of the plastic boat , osmosis , is reduced to little more than an irritant . |
| 5 | But three weeks was just about it . |
| 6 | ‘ On complex issues , Cabinet committees are just about the worst possible way of arriving at sensible decisions … . |
| 7 | But the paying customers are just about outnumbered at the moment by a very big posse of travelling Italian journalists just to my left and all pretty excitable by our normal quiet English standards . |
| 8 | and things are just about going to plan |
| 9 | Consulting an astrologer on a Friday evening for a bit of a laugh with some of her friends was just about passable . |
| 10 | ‘ I reckon , ’ said Angalo , looking down , ‘ that humans are just about intelligent enough to be crazy . ’ |
| 11 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
| 12 | I think they 'd always sort of wanted to go and explore , yes , and it seemed the ideal time , the boys were just about school age , erm , sort of you could well . |
| 13 | We cultivated maize and water melons and the crops were just about ripe when the army came one night without warning and destroyed everything . |
| 14 | It 's because Richmond Tories are just about the region 's last bastion of a once great electoral tradition the village hall public meeting . |
| 15 | She arranged games and activities for the guests , claiming her two jobs were just about identical , except that her kindergarten children were more mature . |