Example sentences of "[adv] just visible " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the dusk of the evening and the darkness of the house , the things were only just visible … innumerable obstacles that intervened between us and the cosy hearth . |
| 2 | Further inland , and only just visible from the southern window was the Old Rectory , set like a Victorian dolls ' house in its large , overgrown garden which , at this distance , looked as neatly green and formal as a municipal park . |
| 3 | The kerf ( saw cut ) is of minimal width and , when the prices were re-assembled , the joint was only just visible . |
| 4 | In the gloom he was only just visible , the gleam of his teeth when he smiled , his pale hair and clothes . |
| 5 | She thought she heard an owl cry , and the falling shape , black now and only just visible , seemed to sweep suddenly to the left , soaring , then falling , turning a round and white face to glance at her as it vanished into the gloom . |
| 6 | Its traces are still just visible amongst the wreckage of the modern urban motorway system . |
| 7 | The old pattern of streets and houses is still just visible but it is being rapidly engulfed by the ubiquitous housing estates and ‘ infill ’ as the drive for ‘ a home in the country ’ goes on apace . |
| 8 | On one site the author recalls contacting the oldest locals , who advised that a site had only flooded once in living memory and they were only too pleased to point out a ’ flood line ’ still just visible on a number of buildings in the area after 30 years . |
| 9 | Those branches still just visible in the encroaching night were motionless . |
| 10 | It has a period of 357 days , and at minimum is so faint that large telescopes are needed to show it , but at maximum it has been known to rise to 5.7 , and is then just visible with the naked eye and very easy in binoculars . |