Example sentences of "be [adv] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On complex issues , Cabinet committees are just about the worst possible way of arriving at sensible decisions … . |
| 2 | There are just about the right number of ladies to infuriate the right-thinking and to make effective use of primary colours as highlight and contrast ; Kate Hoey in lime , Gillian Shephard in vivid egg custard , Alice Mahon in a fetching cerise , Glenda Jackson in a decent , sombre , high-necked red , Margaret Beckett , that oldtime leftist , even had a floor-cross royal blue . |
| 3 | It 's because Richmond Tories are just about the region 's last bastion of a once great electoral tradition the village hall public meeting . |
| 4 | I , we 're just about the middle of the road with it er , |
| 5 | You 're just about the same height |
| 6 | I think the other feature of the system is — and I think people generally do n't realize what a remarkable it is — we 're just about the only country in the world that has this system , and we are remarkably successful in involving ordinary members of the community in the administration of justice , both in our lay magistrates system and in our jury system . |
| 7 | Scaup must be just about the loneliest farm in England , tucked down in the shelter of the hills with Kielder Forest 's dark mass blocking its southward view and the narrowing valley of the burn filling half the sky to the north . |
| 8 | It was always a safe bet , of course , that Hillsborough would be just about the least dangerous place in Britain yesterday . |
| 9 | This must be just about the most unmoving performance of Traviata ever recorded , and does little justice to Toscanini 's reputation as an opera conductor . |
| 10 | ‘ This must be just about the most far-sighted piece of journalism since Alistair Cook 's notorious ‘ Portrait of a Failure' on Harry Truman appeared in the Manchester Guardian after the United States Presidential election of 1948 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In the last quarter of the 20th century , the USSR may be just about the only country in the world where health standards are actually falling . |
| 13 | I happened to be just about the oldest one of the team of them really . |
| 14 | " … 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 … |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It has to be just about the most melancholy job in Government , cataloguing the Treasury 's human detritus . |
| 18 | ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on . |
| 19 | Well , two of these Barny offspring — they were lucky to be alive , for Mr and Mrs Barny were just about the most brutal parents any owl could be unfortunate enough to have — were paired with Paradise Park birds and remained behind . |
| 20 | Tip on the concrete and level out with a rake until it is just about the level of the formwork |
| 21 | That is a pity : the price of financial distress is just about the only way in which the cost of capital for firms plausibly differs between the two rivals over the longer term . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Viognier grape is just about the world 's rarest great white variety . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In an impassioned speech , Jacko begins , ‘ I think this is just about the most important question this union 's ever had to face . |
| 26 | We have a form of presidential government in which she operates like a sovereign in her court ’ , which is just about the most toughly worded formulation of the case for Mrs Thatcher as Queen Boadicea driving a chariot of conviction politics through the conventions of collective Cabinet government . |
| 27 | And that , I am afraid , is just about the most interesting thing you can say about it . |
| 28 | ‘ The ride is firm , but there 's no body roll and the engine is just about the sweetest I 've ever had . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The red 335 is just about the only one I use onstage these days , ’ says Guy . |
| 30 | Aeroplane travel is just about the easiest . |