Example sentences of "[is] just about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reply is just about repeatable in this magazine : ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ big cars are for men with little dicks , and if I were to spend all my time polishing it , what would that make me ? ’ |
| 2 | These things all took time but now I must say that , for me , it is just about perfect . |
| 3 | It is a good idea to practise this technique using the same piece of music each time and the length of one side of a cassette or record ( usually about twenty minutes ) is just about right for this exercise . |
| 4 | A light meal without alcohol about an hour or so before your treatment is just about right . |
| 5 | In the end I suppose a tie is just about right . |
| 6 | The thoroughbred horse breeding industry , it seems , is just about knackered . |
| 7 | The worst of it is that one can not yet express a proper anger about the state of things , since it is just about possible that the Frauleins Krabbe , Breuer and Moller are innocent of any serious wrongdoing ( if that 's the right term ) in the affair of the Uniform Urine . |
| 8 | The fact that the London fair is comparatively small ( twenty-nine dealers compared to the eighty or so in New York ) also works in its favour : at this size it is just about possible to look at every print on every stand . |
| 9 | It is just about ready to roll , we 've only get a few minor drafting amendments to complete . ’ |
| 10 | The recording , made in the Faculty of Music at Cambridge University , is rich , warm and clear : in other words it is just about ideal . |
| 11 | It 's a comfortable car to drive , assisted by power steering , and while leg-room in the back is just about adequate the low roof can prove irritating for tall rear seat passengers . |
| 12 | it 's just about dark and Harriet 's hair flies out and glimmers as she moves her head . |
| 13 | Yeah but he 's just about retiring age anyway is n't he . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's just about right . |
| 15 | But just now I think it 's just about right , for er just about right for er using . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's just about ready , ’ the production manager said . |
| 17 | Mr Wickham 's just about ready to haul someone in . ’ |
| 18 | It used to hold young offenders before it closed two years ago.Now it 's just about ready to take immingrants detained by the Home Office . |
| 19 | There 's four in the sitting room , there 's one well advanced that 's doi doing quite well , there 's one upstairs that 's just about ready for er , repotting , and there are two more that have sprouts on . |
| 20 | The morning 's just about full |
| 21 | Well my , my , my line 's just about full of jumpers . |