Example sentences of "[prep] be just the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas it used to be just the blonde stereotype , now it 's changed to become more exotic , interesting or diverse . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I wanted this to be just the four of us . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |