Example sentences of "is [adj] just [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that just cos you 've got your leg like that or is the other one shaking ? |
| 2 | He who does what is right , is righteous just as he |
| 3 | The use of the same word in everyday language ( the force of circumstance , gale-force-winds , the force of an argument , etc. ) is imprecise just because the corresponding theories are multifarious and imprecise . |
| 4 | Recognise that this is a form of self-importance — that everyone is perfect just as they are . |
| 5 | Having become aware of the difference , a deep-seated bias often becomes evident as the individual concludes that his or her way of thinking and behaving is better just because it is different . |
| 6 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the edges are blurred and no one is sure just when youth may be said to be past and the second stage of adult life begun . |
| 7 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 8 | It is unclear just when this happens one is unlikely to be able to observe it in a casual experiment at the kitchen sink — but Fig. 24.7 shows observations made by varying the pressure behind a suitably shaped nozzle . |
| 9 | A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world . |