Example sentences of "[be] just the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted this to be just the four of us . |
| 2 | And if it did happen , your physical health could be just the first of many things you lose , that you take for granted now . |
| 3 | I know that there are no easy answers , but if we do not at least attempt to act decisively , Zagreb , Dubrovnik , Vukovar and Osijek could be just the first names on a ghastly roll call resembling those unending , poignant first world war memorials that are such a feature of life all over the continent of Europe . |
| 4 | NORWEGIAN international Tore Dahlum could be just the first addition to Manchester United 's staff as manager Alex Ferguson seeks a goalscoring hero to revive their Premier League title prospects . |
| 5 | Whereas it used to be just the blonde stereotype , now it 's changed to become more exotic , interesting or diverse . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | From what you 've told me , your mother sounds as if she might be just the right person for the job . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The fish market would be just the right setting for Fabbiano 's designs , but no one 's going to say so . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He 'd like Giles to get married and thinks you 'd be just the right girl for him . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It could not be just the billowing Circassian trousers , though it is true I find trousers on women an anaphrodisiac . |
| 15 | However , the method of checking should be just the same in order to establish the right habit . |
| 16 | For the causal relations of events would be just the same irrespective of whether or not the causal chain temporarily took on a mental aspect ( as in property dualism ) or ( as in substance dualism ) ‘ went mental ’ for a while . |
| 17 | Sheila would be just the same . |
| 18 | The alternative is to try to hang on , for as long as we can , to a form of athletic competition in which the participants at least claim to be just the same as the rest of us , only better-built by nature . |
| 19 | She expects her son-in-law to be just the same kind of husband and father , with all the same values and priorities , and finds it difficult to accept him as a man with a different set of strengths and weaknesses , however happy he makes her daughter , and this may need to be pointed out to her . |
| 20 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |
| 21 | If they work also as weekly credit callers giving cash loans to the same customers who buy goods from them , their rates for money loans may be just the same as their rates for credit on goods . |
| 22 | Perhaps it will be just the same ! ’ |
| 23 | Now sir , can you tell me this , ’ and she looked him straight in the eyes , ‘ will it be just the same for him as if you had baptized him ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ My dear girl , ’ he said , ‘ it will be just the same . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It will be just the same , ’ he answered kindly . |
| 26 | In other words , life would be just the same for the inhabitants of another planet who were both mirror images of us and who were made of antimatter , rather than matter . |
| 27 | The predictions of the string theory would be just the same as those of general relativity , on normal length scales , but they would differ at very small distances , less than a thousand million million million million millionth of a centimeter ( a centimeter divided by 1 with thirty-three zeros after it ) . |
| 28 | The look will be different , but the content , the coverage and the crack will be just the same . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | It wo n't be just the three of us , will it ? |