Example sentences of "[vb base] just about " in BNC.
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1 | It is reported on the front page of The Times today that the common agricultural policy — that squalid policy which is costing British families an average of £18.50 a week each — will destroy the world free trade talks , which have been going on for four or five years , and involve just about every country in the world . |
2 | They also provide just about every kind of portable unit too — and if you 're worried by mosquitoes , they have special candles to shoo them off . |
3 | ‘ I suppose the unusual thing about the allotment is that I grow just about everything , ’ he said . |
4 | And then I was dozing a bit and while we were watching like Arachnophobia we were we were still in bed but about four hours sleep just about . |
5 | In the School of Education we offer a wide range of courses and study packs which cover just about every aspect of the education system . |
6 | We manage just about . |
7 | Yes , they seem just about level |
8 | The extreme poverty of the whole concern is pathetic , and I wished I 'd paid more for the things I bought so as to make life easier for these tanners who look just about ready to give up . |
9 | What I find most appealing are the hot-key combinations , not withstanding the 52 command line options which control just about every aspect you could imagine . |
10 | NCR Corp , Sequent Computer Systems Inc and Unisys Corp are all planning to see that May 17 — ‘ Pentium Day ’ — is not totally dominated by the personal computer end of the business : like just about every other Intel Corp customer , these companies are bursting to talk about their high-end Pentium systems , but have been forcibly gagged by Intel from doing so : NCR was luckier than most in that it got a ten minute portion of the huge Intel presentation at Cebit in Hannover last month devoted to its eight-processor Pentium monster , but with the model number carefully removed . |
11 | developed from Xerox research ( like just about everything else we take for granted in desktop publishing ) these are a method of providing user control over software without cluttering up the screen with text . |
12 | Like just about everything , they had a history and , like most other phenomena based on biological processes — for the ego and superego , although purely psychological agencies , nevertheless require a brain in which to function — evolved over an extended period of time . |
13 | Erm you know just about everything that I 've done . |
14 | We know just about every path , maze , labyrinth , what have you . |
15 | Well an an an and I , it seems to me that the , the er I mean you go , you go to the er to the M S Society and you find just about everybody there , you know , you find people who , who are in wheelchairs , you find people who are walking around , you find people who are er controlling their diet you find people who are obs s taking extreme dietary precautions , no , not precautions , no they are taking extreme care of their diet , er er I mean on gluten-free diets and you know what that means |
16 | ‘ I reckon just about the whole population of Kingsmarkham knew Charlie Hatton would be taking the field path home that night . ’ |
17 | I think just about everyone knows the Neon Tetra and it has hit the top of the polls regularly as people 's most favourite fish . |
18 | Word processors are more like DTP packages , and spreadsheets do just about everything bar make the money for you in the first place . |
19 | In fact they do just about everything short of brushing their teeth , but this was what I would call a really good laugh , if you know what I mean . |
20 | ‘ I think I 've just about stopped making anything out of anything . |
21 | I 've just about managed to forgive him . |
22 | And i thought , right , I think I 've just about got time to nip home and fetch that fire wood and pick them up when they you see ? |
23 | ‘ I 've just about heard of her , but I could tell she 's famous , just by the way she sits and holds her head and moves . ’ |
24 | If you can imagine a benevolent and myopic stork in goggles and woolly hat , then you 've just about got the picture . |
25 | And they 've just about completed a second one on freight which will save two million dollars a year . |
26 | Now since I 've just about learnt the difference between the sharp end and the blunt end of a boat , I 've decided to go straight to the top and get some expert advice from the R Y A and who better than the R Y A's national coach John , Hi John . |
27 | ‘ I 've just about finished here . |
28 | ‘ We 've just about got time for a quick swim before breakfast . ’ |
29 | ‘ I 've just about had you — in spades ! |
30 | ‘ You 've just about gone the limit now . ’ |