Example sentences of "a [noun] be just " in BNC.
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| 1 | A POTAGER was just a grand name for a plot , where vegetables were grown to make soup ( potage ) , but now it means an ornamental vegetable garden . |
| 2 | Pip Wilson 's balletic impression of a serpent was just one of the highlights of Marketplace , a training day for youth workers held at Romford YMCA |
| 3 | In spite of what the candidates may feel at the time , there is no stigma or criticism in being allocated a job flying something other than a fast jet : rescuing downed pilots in foul conditions or carrying out low level paratroop insertions in a Hercules are just as dangerous and demanding . |
| 4 | They went over to the nearby tea-stall and then , with their glasses of tea , drifted over to one of the trees where a chestnut-seller was just lighting his fire . |
| 5 | The civil and foreign services treat the whole thing as if a gong is just another perk of the job . |
| 6 | Gp Capt R C Hockey sent Air Mail the excellent photograph of what happened at Kinloss on a dark night in October 1943 when an Anson was approaching to land at the same time — and on the same bit of field — as a Whitley was just starting its take-off run . |
| 7 | One might also attempt to establish a relationship between intensity and exposure at the point at which a pixel is just seen , and use this to obtain intensity readings . |
| 8 | We can not check this independently by re-examining the original one , not because we can not re-examine the original one but because everything we can do in the way of a re-examination is just doing again what we have already done in thinking of the new sensation as relevantly similar to the old one . |
| 9 | Should you arrive at a delicatessen counter when a salame is just being started or finished , you may be lucky enough to collect the end chunk which can be used to give extra flavour to spaghetti sauces or risotto-type dishes . |
| 10 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
| 11 | A coach was just right ; like being on a very tall horse , or even an elephant . |
| 12 | The voice began to sing softly in his ear , something about a kiss being just a kiss , a sigh being just a sigh . |
| 13 | More than anything else could have been , it was searingly expressive of the contempt in which he held her , because he had ignored her face where her personality and individuality were written , his attention given wholly to a part of her body — and a body was just a body as far as she was concerned , with nothing to do with one 's emotional identity . |
| 14 | John , some time this week you will tell us in the Midland Region that a package is just that , no picking the bits out , you either vote for the package or against . |
| 15 | Signing a band is just the start of it ; you then have to develop the artists , decide on studios , producers , what track to release and what strategy to pursue . ’ |
| 16 | A smaller delivery van from a wholesaler was just moving into her unloading yard . |
| 17 | A shop is just a shop , and even a shop selling expensive executive toys is still just a shop , but a museum is , well , glamorous . |
| 18 | In the end I suppose a tie is just about right . |
| 19 | With City-based firms , there 's no problem because their employees realise a share is just a commodity and they can go and sell it and realise some cash . |
| 20 | Such a sacrifice is just one among many that occur every day on the continent . |
| 21 | With the emergence of Muhammad Ali , no one would ever see the ring the same way again , nor even the fighters themselves ; a TV go , a purse and a sheared lip would never be enough ; and a title was just a belt unless you did something with it . |
| 22 | ‘ Sometimes a frill is just a frill . ’ |
| 23 | To human experts it is possible to identify each species at a glance , but to more casual observers a zebra is just a zebra , and this reflects the weakness of this argument . |
| 24 | Her eyes went straight to the wicker chair by the window where a baby was just waking from its morning sleep . |
| 25 | In this sense entrepreneurs inside a corporation are just like entrepreneurs outside : They have to find bankers , people who will provide the funds ; they have to find information sources ; and they have to find legitimacy and support , people who will champion the project to other powerholders . |
| 26 | The voice began to sing softly in his ear , something about a kiss being just a kiss , a sigh being just a sigh . |
| 27 | A dog is just a dog . |
| 28 | But this attitude is also typical of those who believe that a dog is just a dog — that a harsh voice and a hard hand will train each and every one of them . |
| 29 | A crystal is just a large orderly array of atoms or molecules in the solid state . |
| 30 | Creating a graph is just as easy . |