Example sentences of "[noun sg] be just about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | My sister-in-law is just about the same age as me , and whether it 's because she 's not his daughter , but he treats her completely different . |
| 3 | ‘ The ride is firm , but there 's no body roll and the engine is just about the sweetest I 've ever had . ’ |
| 4 | Almost everything about the French mood in 1945 suggests that unqualified independence was just about the last thing that anyone envisaged for any part of the French colonial empire . |
| 5 | Despite that , the Dairy Crest sell-off is just about the only part of the MMB proposals to have been met with enthusiasm by the rest of the industry . |
| 6 | If in the end science is just about the harmonious reconciliation of the behaviour of laboratory apparatus , it is hard to see why it is worth the expenditure of effort involved . |
| 7 | ‘ Now that we know British food is just about the worst in the world , ’ says Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth UK , ‘ how ironic it is that we and other rich nations are exporting fat and sugar to starving people in Africa and Asia . |
| 8 | Aeroplane travel is just about the easiest . |
| 9 | And a pigeon is just about the only wildlife you get in the city . ’ |