Example sentences of "[subord] just [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 And I think that the revolution in history which has taken place over the course of the last twenty-five years has been a revolution which has been fuelled by people 's curiosity to study things which previously had not been studied , rather than just to take some formal statement of what seemed to be important , which is what the chroniclers took , or some propaganda statement , which is what the Tudors took and what the seventeenth century historians took , or indeed to write very academic history , which is what professional historians have tended to do , over the course of the last erm forty or fifty years .
2 Well something other than just to talk about other than just the normal run of road things .
3 than just to read , is that what you want me to do ?
4 Then again , addictions to substances that affect different types of synapse can be quite similar — and some people seem to be prone to addiction per se , rather than just to have a weakness for a particular substance .
5 But perhaps one day he would want more than just to know .
6 So in the future we also have a lot to give to the rest of the world rather than just to look for help .
7 ‘ There is more to fishing than just to fish ’ and how right he was .
8 Jinny rattled on , less from politeness than just to try and cover the terrible , wooden silence .
9 I feel that it would be much better to talk about the issues internally first , with due reference to our own training budget and other constraints , rather than just to send staff out on external management training courses .
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