Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] just about " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he wisely did n't push his luck with Thorunn , choosing to stay right at the back where he chuckled : ‘ I think David 's just about recovered . |
| 2 | In fact the Jag is just about the only one that can really wipe the smiles off their drivers ' faces , unless you 're talking Rolls-Royce or Bentley . |
| 3 | Mr Wickham 's just about ready to haul someone in . ’ |
| 4 | With a bunch of others voices inside him clamouring to be heard ( Dieter — the clipped-toned Kraftwerkian presenter of German youth show , Sprockets ; the maniacal owner of the Scottish gift shop , All Things Scottish — motto , ‘ If it 's not Scottish , it 's crap ! ! ! ’ ) , does he feel , the inevitable film sequel notwithstanding , that Wayne 's just about past his sell-by date ? |
| 5 | THE ALTO saxophonist Arthur Blythe is just about the most accessible performer to come out of the free jazz movement of the '60s and '70s . |
| 6 | For the US , a long-term military presence in the Gulf is just about a feasible policy , even if it is not attractive . |
| 7 | Guy 's just about the most irresistible male I 've ever set eyes on , ’ Lucy said dreamily , adding hastily , ‘ Next to Charles , of course ! ’ |
| 8 | House of Fraser 's just about opened , but there 's nothing else . |
| 9 | HOLLAND 'S only commercial reactor at Borssele is just about as ordinary a nuclear power plant as you could expect to find : 477 megawatts , 10 years old and saddled with a 20-year contract to supply electricity to the neighbouring Pechiney aluminium smelter at a third of the present going rate . |