Example sentences of "be in just [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If we fail to accept this fact we may spend our lives seeking a " better " parent who can do more for us — and many social work clients are in just this situation of seeking .
2 At the 1981 Census three quarters of all female workers were in just four of the sixteen occupational orders , where they outnumbered men : personal services ( e.g. cleaners , hairdressers ) ; clerical ; professional workers in education , health and welfare ( i.e. school teachers and nurses ) and selling ( mainly shop assistants ) .
3 The design is in just two colours and is displayed as such .
4 It is in just those few cells in the inner cell mass that we have our origins .
5 As I have said already , it was in just such a position that the doctor who attended us in wartime lived .
6 I was in just such a trance , going through the motions of doing what I was told , but without being able to do so in reality .
7 It was in just this situation that the FAA originally decided to take an authoritative attitude and make it compulsory for flight crews to report dangerous incidents .
8 The rock was in just three pieces when it arrived and needed to be hammered into the correct sizes for the set-up .
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