Example sentences of "[adv] just [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of our knowledge of Beaker burials derives from excavations conducted in the last century , when the principles of good archaeological practice were only just beginning to be formulated . |
| 2 | Feminist cinema may be a ‘ global issue ’ , in Susan Hayward 's words , too large and bumpy and may be possible to argue that in theoretical and critical terms the truly global issues of a multi-racial international feminism are only just beginning to be addressed . |
| 3 | In 1786 , when the true age of man was only just beginning to be appreciated , Anglo-Saxon remains were first identified as such . |
| 4 | The ability to display airframes and artifacts within such a building is only just beginning to be capitalised upon by NAM . |
| 5 | That there were many factors to be considered is shown by the fact that in 1880 the depression was only just beginning to be felt by industry , while it had already hit agriculture badly . |
| 6 | Alas , I was only just beginning to be visually aware , but to the extent to which I have grown in such awareness over the years I believe it was Basil and Ruth who started to make me look and see . |
| 7 | If this is a correct analysis of the situation , the consequences for our disciplines may be far-reaching in unexpected ways which are only just beginning to be noticed . |
| 8 | The implications of these patterns , elucidated principally by Bill Cummins and others , are only just beginning to be appreciated . |
| 9 | These contradictions will be marked in the work produced under these conditions in ways that we are only just beginning to be able to imagine . |
| 10 | It had only just come to be important before the ‘ unnatural ’ town of the industrial revolution conjured up some of the most dramatic and ‘ romanticized ’ of contrasts . |
| 11 | Although the speed of the computer does not allow animation comparable to that which can be produced on film , there is no doubt that this facility , which has only just begun to be explored , can give real power to the teacher . |
| 12 | What this spirit brought was a confidence that problems can be solved , and do not just have to be lived with . |
| 13 | The Duchess said : ‘ I 'm not just going to be a letterhead . |
| 14 | What is in question is the comfortable argument that socially acceptable forms of work organisation always just happen to be those that are the most efficient . |
| 15 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 16 | DARREN FERGUSON has won over his biggest critic — Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson , who also just happens to be his dad . |
| 17 | One of the two witnesses , who also just happened to be the convener , Fred Clasper , claimed that a second warning note was unjustified as the foreman had been knocked down unintentionally . |
| 18 | I wonder if it 's just some sub-conscious thing that my casualness is really just wanting to be recognised … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Nothing much , really just asking to be told if they found her . ’ |
| 20 | We now just wish to be left in peace to live our own lives and be afforded the same respect as any other family in Passfield . |
| 21 | I do n't just want to be a ‘ cleaner-up ’ . |
| 22 | It was n't just going to be papers , it could be health clinics , bookshops , making a network of people sharing lifestyles and indeed an economic base . |
| 23 | The first piece of advice that 's necessary is that you should n't just try to be fashionable by choosing juicy speeches that catch your eye without knowing the whole play and having a working idea of how to perform the speech . |
| 24 | The stars of the show here just have to be the aged scratchplate , covers and knobs that I mentioned earlier . |
| 25 | I thought they all be brilliant , but they were utter shite , so I thought to myself : ‘ There 's a great talent here just waiting to be discovered ! ’ ’ |
| 26 | Maybe just wanted to be rid of the dog . |
| 27 | Will Carling said : ‘ There just seemed to be no way through . |
| 28 | There just had to be a special Super Brownie cake and card for Lynn Hurdwell when she left the Association . |
| 29 | Someone , somewhere out there just had to be searching for her . |
| 30 | And people are either just going to be in despair or else they 're going to revolt . |