Example sentences of "[be] just the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may though , have been just the right setting for those particular films . |
| 2 | ‘ I think a part of me probably died when I took your job , though it may have been just the settling-down thing . |
| 3 | This could have been just the usual self-indulgent actor 's reminiscences . |
| 4 | These are just the real weapons . |
| 5 | There are just the odd hints here and there that John and Ann did not always see eye-to-eye on religious matters . |
| 6 | Collecting this and the other spatial terms ( 2 , 3 ) into one equation gives The terms on the right-hand side are just the standard expressions for the Coriolis acceleration and centrifugal acceleration in a rotating frame . |
| 7 | 4 Danny packs oranges that are just the right size so he can get 38 in a box . |
| 8 | Apache , already famous for his distinctive streetwear and chains , said : ‘ These are just the right clothes to wear . |
| 9 | For me , ‘ overdone ’ and ‘ unrealized ’ are just the opposite poles of a hyperactive musical intelligence . |
| 10 | , so the complex number that is the square root , is either two in that pair , minus five , plus three , nine , or it is five minus three , nine , so it 's either that one , or it 's that one , and we can write that down very , very simply because that one and that one are just the opposite sides , but either plus or minus . |
| 11 | And those are just the short ones . |
| 12 | Those are just the old problems . |
| 13 | You 're just the whipping boy . |
| 14 | We 're just the lucky ones who had the Thing . |
| 15 | Whereas it used to be just the blonde stereotype , now it 's changed to become more exotic , interesting or diverse . |
| 16 | The aerosol droplets have to be just the right size : too big and they may get trapped in noses , too small and they tend to be exhaled without staying in the lungs . |
| 17 | The planets and moons that do remain within this range have to be just the right distance from the right size of star , and should also be spinning , otherwise the side facing the star becomes extremely hot , and the other side extremely cold . |
| 18 | But if you 're prepared to take the risk of equity investment for the reward of a tax-free return , a PEP could be just the right route for you . |
| 19 | But on the other hand , as much as Novell might be just the right tug boat to guide Unix to safe harbour , much of the industry 's optimism stems from the fact that Unix is no longer in AT&T 's hands . |
| 20 | From what you 've told me , your mother sounds as if she might be just the right person for the job . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The fish market would be just the right setting for Fabbiano 's designs , but no one 's going to say so . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He 'd like Giles to get married and thinks you 'd be just the right girl for him . ’ |
| 23 | Clinton 's wife Hillary one of America 's top lawyers has already made it clear she will not be just the mild , meek First Lady . |
| 24 | It could not be just the billowing Circassian trousers , though it is true I find trousers on women an anaphrodisiac . |
| 25 | Or , if it axed Neil Kinnock , junked Clause 4 , cut the trade union links and purged the remaining socialists , might it have a chance — or would it be just the old SDP ? |
| 26 | ‘ Or it could be just the over-ripe fruit of my suspicious mind . |
| 27 | I 'm just the hired help and if I 'm still hired , I 'll find out how they 're doing it . ’ |
| 28 | These were just the internal shortcomings at TMI . |
| 29 | Nothing traumatic happened ; there were just the ordinary ups and downs which would naturally have occurred in the life of a humble family striving to make a reasonable living in a somewhat precarious way . |
| 30 | At last there were just the external walls to be given a final coat of white paint . |