Example sentences of "[is] just about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think that is just about that . ’ |
| 2 | Tip on the concrete and level out with a rake until it is just about the level of the formwork |
| 3 | In reading it the cruelty is just about balanced by the extreme beauty of the lyrics and much of the dialogue , so that the total effect , tho ’ sinister , like a too bright dream which is sure to turn into nightmare before the end , yet is bearable . |
| 4 | That is a pity : the price of financial distress is just about the only way in which the cost of capital for firms plausibly differs between the two rivals over the longer term . |
| 5 | When it comes to the plants , there is just about no limit . |
| 6 | For any event involving more than two hundred people , a year 's planning is just about enough ; for any event involving fewer people six months is the absolute minimum . |
| 7 | These things all took time but now I must say that , for me , it is just about perfect . |
| 8 | THE ALTO saxophonist Arthur Blythe is just about the most accessible performer to come out of the free jazz movement of the '60s and '70s . |
| 9 | The Viognier grape is just about the world 's rarest great white variety . |
| 10 | The worst of it is that one can not yet express a proper anger about the state of things , since it is just about possible that the Frauleins Krabbe , Breuer and Moller are innocent of any serious wrongdoing ( if that 's the right term ) in the affair of the Uniform Urine . |
| 11 | In fact the Jag is just about the only one that can really wipe the smiles off their drivers ' faces , unless you 're talking Rolls-Royce or Bentley . |
| 12 | Here the answer is just about any error the superior courts wish . |
| 13 | In an impassioned speech , Jacko begins , ‘ I think this is just about the most important question this union 's ever had to face . |
| 14 | It is a good idea to practise this technique using the same piece of music each time and the length of one side of a cassette or record ( usually about twenty minutes ) is just about right for this exercise . |
| 15 | We have a form of presidential government in which she operates like a sovereign in her court ’ , which is just about the most toughly worded formulation of the case for Mrs Thatcher as Queen Boadicea driving a chariot of conviction politics through the conventions of collective Cabinet government . |
| 16 | While expressing relief that what is emerging could be worse , it is not the promised land ; it is just about approaching the standard of some of the good practice which preceded it . |
| 17 | HOLLAND 'S only commercial reactor at Borssele is just about as ordinary a nuclear power plant as you could expect to find : 477 megawatts , 10 years old and saddled with a 20-year contract to supply electricity to the neighbouring Pechiney aluminium smelter at a third of the present going rate . |
| 18 | In theory the dazzle explanation makes sense , because the zebra patterning is just about as vivid as it can be , when seen at close quarters , but once again the facts do not support this idea in practice . |
| 19 | If any one of those companies loses two per cent of market share their profitability is just about completely destroyed . |
| 20 | The recording , made in the Faculty of Music at Cambridge University , is rich , warm and clear : in other words it is just about ideal . |
| 21 | And that , I am afraid , is just about the most interesting thing you can say about it . |
| 22 | ‘ The ride is firm , but there 's no body roll and the engine is just about the sweetest I 've ever had . ’ |
| 23 | The engineer said , ‘ So they 've enough powder , very likely , to baulk that final attack we were all counting on , but on the other hand the food is just about finished . |
| 24 | As an operation , infibulation is just about as unpleasant in its consequences as it sounds . |
| 25 | The majority of c.c.d.s have around 500 stages , which is just about enough to give some sort of reverberation effect . |
| 26 | ‘ The red 335 is just about the only one I use onstage these days , ’ says Guy . |
| 27 | The stainless alloy we use is a ‘ 430 ’ type , which is just about as magnetic a stainless as you can find . |
| 28 | Aeroplane travel is just about the easiest . |
| 29 | A light meal without alcohol about an hour or so before your treatment is just about right . |
| 30 | His reply is just about repeatable in this magazine : ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ big cars are for men with little dicks , and if I were to spend all my time polishing it , what would that make me ? ’ |