Example sentences of "[noun sg] be just [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practical result of this is that when we study the individual child we see a succession of stages of development which from the point of view of the id are just as they should be and — because the id is the oldest , most fundamental and , from the point of view of the instinctual drives which originate it , the most important agency — are just what they should be . |
| 2 | The balance of the side is just as Bobby Robson would have wished it ; bearing in mind the need for midfield solidity , Rocastle would probably have played anyway . |
| 3 | The final result is just as the simple quantity theory states , except that the monetarist view explains the process by reference to a stable demand for money function and an exogenously determined money stock which is under the control of the monetary authorities . |
| 4 | ‘ My routine in practice is just as it is on course . ’ |
| 5 | The boat was just as it should have been on the night of the murder and had not been . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's mentioned among some famous names , but Danny boy is just as celebrated , that 's why he 's in there , ’ said Downtown controller John Rosborough today . |
| 7 | Undertaking an obligation to obey the law is an appropriate means of expressing identification with society , because it is a form of supporting social institutions , because it conveys a willingness to share in the common ways established in that society as expressed by its institutions , and because it expresses confidence in the reasonableness and good judgment of the government through one 's willingness to take it on trust , as it were , that the law is just and that it should be complied with . |
| 8 | From the pretty little Hatley to the magnificent six bedroomed Abbotsley there is a Heritage cottage to suit you , and by self building with Potton you can be involved in every element of the design — so your home is just as you want it . |
| 9 | The telephone was just as it should be , with no bugging device to turn his private conversations into public knowledge . |
| 10 | The point is just whether the randomness is sufficient for the statistical description to be the most appropriate . |
| 11 | The point is just that some basic concepts relating to the experience curve may still be valuable if used with intelligence and discretion . |
| 12 | The room was just as I 'd left it , except that it was different . |
| 13 | I mean the colour 's just as , it 's not quite as strong . |
| 14 | The evidence in Chapter 3 that was taken as counting against Wagner 's analysis of latent inhibition is just as damaging for the interference account developed here . |
| 15 | There was nothing wrong with the noble creed they were taught-it was just that it played no part in the actual operation of the military dictatorship . |
| 16 | All the same Schneidau 's argument is just and illuminating , so far as it goes . |
| 17 | Among other contributions , Neil Allen looks pityingly at athletics and boxing , and the stink is just as pronounced in soccer . |
| 18 | The new novel is just and filthy . |
| 19 | Looking at your list , decide whether your life is just as you want it to be . |
| 20 | While their criticism of reductionism is just and their emphasis on ‘ downward ’ causation ( mind influencing matter ) timely , it seems to me that the problem of ‘ interactionism ’ largely disappears when the systemic position of information processing in the life of a subjectively aware organism is understood . |
| 21 | Fucking hell that dress is that dress is just so you look at my tits and my crap figure . |
| 22 | The breakfast choice was just as Rune had described the previous evening , she discovered , running jaundiced eyes over the available spread before deciding to settle for orange juice , yoghurt and black coffee . |
| 23 | And the dough man was just as in the same responsible position . |
| 24 | The interior was just as I expected from the books I had seen at school . |
| 25 | Computer-based typesetting began about thirty years ago , information retrieval is just as established whilst the ideas of hypertext go back even further . |
| 26 | The answer is just that it simplifies interpretation of the figures by reducing uneven streams of benefits and costs to a single index of NPV ( or IRR ) . |
| 27 | That was as far as modernisation had gone : the other end of the scullery was just as it had always been , with the old deep sink for laundry , served by a single , presumably cold tap , and in the corner beyond it the copper for ‘ the boil ’ . |
| 28 | He ordered more beer : but the maid was just as absorbed in her task and besides , though Hope always boasted to himself that no woman was unattractive to a man who knew how to look , he had to admit that this particular maid of the Swan was not immediately seductive : she was excessively talk , awkwardly balanced , lank and thin-haired and a wart took away most of the attraction from her nose . |
| 29 | Such propaganda could only be successful , however , if it corresponded to some genuine feeling both amongst the commons and in the country generally that the king 's cause was just and worthy of support . |
| 30 | Yes just all your plate was just and then turnips and potatoes and dishes of that boiling hot set on the table . |