Example sentences of "just about the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The images say so much , not just about the extraordinary grace of ferns , but about their place in the environment .
2 It should be noted that the members of the Newbolt Committee , like other influential educationist such as Ernest Barker , were concerned not just about the working class , but also with the middle class , and particularly the salaried workers whose numbers were increasing so dramatically after the war .
3 Some burning sun , black clouds , rain and wind were the backdrop to another highly agreeable fortnight in Paris at just about the perfect time of year .
4 The arguments are not just about the possible extent of de-skilling .
5 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 .
6 ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on .
7 ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started .
8 The most popular ethnic cuisines are Chinese , Italian , Mexican and Japanese , and just about the only restaurants you wo n't find in any great number are Indian .
9 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 .
10 In addition the set includes the Fairy 's Kiss Divertimento , a substantial Petrushka Suite with just about the only really convincing performance I have ever heard of Stravinsky 's concert ending , and Prokofiev 's Scythian Suite and Le Pas d'Acier .
11 That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier .
12 With its two twin towers of baroque grey stone , it was just about the only building in Moon Beach that was n't either white or pale-blue .
13 ‘ The red 335 is just about the only one I use onstage these days , ’ says Guy .
14 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 .
15 No wonder Britain is a country heading for Third World status and just about the only people who are doing well in it are the Bailiffs .
16 Which makes new Gold for Cooking just about the only way you can cut down on fat without cutting out most of your favourite dishes .
17 The distinctive deep chin cowling , a feature of the PR.XI , along with the enlarged oil tank beneath has been retained in this faithful rebuild and just about the only non-authentic concession made in the rebuild has been the fitting of a standard armour plated framed windscreen instead of the one piece wrap-around frameless example , the latter giving the pilot a somewhat distorted view from the cockpit .
18 I 'd love to read something about Beefheart again — for me he is still just about the only person who has been described as a genius in your august organ who might just be one .
19 And a pigeon is just about the only wildlife you get in the city . ’
20 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 .
21 More recently , he has been singled out as just about the only member of the cabinet blessed with the combined talents of toughness , intellect , experience and unsullied reputation .
22 And though both were gone by the close — Stewart to just about the only ball to misbehave badly all match — the balance of power remained unaltered , a fact emphasised by Lamb and nightwatchman Russell on the second morning .
23 Now , however , the book has attracted attention for another reason : it is just about the only book on art to have appeared in Russia in recent times .
24 Introduced by the government for the first time in the Local Government Bill , the county consists of only two districts and is dominated by Cardiff which at the time contained ‘ just about the only pocket of Conservative Party strength in south Wales ’ ( Wond 1976 : 127 ) .
25 It is just about the only fact which is unquestionably true .
26 This is just about the only country in the world with an organised industry .
27 It gives them just about the only real charisma in the seedy well paid , well heeled , loser pen .
28 That was just about the only way a girl could get any equal action time , if her boyfriend was behind bars . ’
29 as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position .
30 It gives them just about the only real charisma in the seedy well paid , well heeled , loser pen .
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