Example sentences of "of [noun] [is] just " in BNC.

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1 These poor folk , whose lack of privilege is just one of the many thrusting reasons that have sent me to the bosom , not to mention the buttocks , of today 's quite heavenly Labour Party , may find that my pronunciamentos become somewhat impenetrable once past the ninth , tenth , or even twenty-third of their constituent subordinate clauses , so that the very juicy and surprisingly supple points that I make are lost amidst their attendant persiflage .
2 But it does n't matter as far as we 're concerned because one side of Katrina is just as bright as the other side .
3 The fact that all the acts are the same couple of blokes is just the way it is in modern dance .
4 I therefore take the view , which has been described as simpleminded or naive , that a theory of physics is just a mathematical model that we use to describe the results of observations .
5 He claims he did the stunts while the stuntman did all his acting scenes , but this of course is just his little joke .
6 What I 'm going to ask you to then folks Lynne and Marion use one of Alison 's just as an form .
7 The quaint village of Rottingdean is just 4 miles along the sea-front .
8 Fifthly , in the arena of foreign affairs , Hitler was commonly regarded as an upholder and a fanatical defender of Germany 's just rights , a rebuilder of the nation 's strength , a statesman of genius , and for the most part , it seems , not as a racial imperialist warmonger working towards a ‘ war of annihilation ’ and limitless German conquest .
9 ‘ You must have read my mind , ’ she said , ‘ a good strong cup of tea is just what I need . ’
10 Director Joel Schumacher has referred to his tale of love and death as an AIDS-era movie but the coyness of using a ‘ safe ’ illness like leukaemia as a metaphor for the terrors of AIDS is just another example of Hollywood 's penchant for skirting the issues .
11 And the home side 's innings continued to mirror that of England 's just over 24 hours earlier with John Emburey and the returning Jarvis picking up a wicket apiece to further England 's fightback .
12 The median family income of blacks is just 56% of that of whites .
13 The secret of drinking is just to know when to stop , you know you 've just got
14 When the capital stock has adjusted to its new steady-state level , the rise in the gross rate of return is just enough to offset the tax , and it is the wage rate that is reduced .
15 The next item of correspondence is just the minutes of benefits action and I , I think you 'll mostly up to date on those , on that .
16 The future for Britain 's mines has never looked so black , but some believe the future safety of miners is just as threatened .
17 The characteristic , bustling centre of Bellagio is just five minutes downhill walk away .
18 The export ban because of BSE is just one of the problems facing the Hereford cattlemen .
19 The old part of town is just full of magnificent old buildings .
20 This type of product is just one example of what we call ‘ Human Electronics ’ , meaning simply that people come first .
21 Among the 22 religious , cultural and residence groups represented in the nine countries that participated in the WHO studies , this pattern is lacking in only six and , in them , the frequency of abortions is just slightly higher at first than at second pregnancies .
22 Perhaps a good dose of stress is just what I 'm crying out for .
23 But by the nature of the staff that we have in this school , I do n't know whether Mr Goddard deliberately tries to surround himself with fools so that the school will collapse when he leaves , but the quality of the people that he has , in terms of having a broad idea of education is just a non-starter .
24 Most staff like the design and appearance of Newsline with 83 per cent saying the length of stories is just right , 88 per cent that the design is about right and 89 per cent that Newsline is easy to understand .
25 In other words , the musical sense of cats is just another feline myth .
26 ‘ Have you not read that restraint of profits is just as important as wage restraint ?
27 For a physicalist , a mode of access is just a physical process , so any mode of access V enjoys should , if physicalism be true , be available to BS .
28 The issue of access is just one of the barriers that we have not tackled as positively as we would have wished .
29 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 .
30 In assessing the value of treatment , the impact on quality of life is just as important as duration of survival .
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