Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clay tiles that surround this text are just a taste of the wealth of colours , forms and textures that await you . |
| 2 | Now the Maastricht Treaty without the Social Chapter is just a charter for business . |
| 3 | A Mob without a proper leader is just a liability . |
| 4 | For some children , this clinginess is just a phase , which will disappear when she gets more used to the rough and tumble of the other children . |
| 5 | Yeah , but this job 's just a bit different in n it ? |
| 6 | Okay , Jesus is the Son of God , poor old Joseph is just a kind of surrogate father erm , you know like a test-tube baby father actually test tube er is er is like you know er a complete surrogate father er for God erm they 're threatened by Herod so they have to flee to Egypt and er then they come back and eventually Jesus realizes who he is and after a long struggle with good and evil , temptation at the desert , crucifixion and God knows what , erm off he goes back to you know , sitting up there on the right hand of God saying you know I 'm the Son of God which he is , so Oedipus , Oedipus is expelled by his parents , there 's a prophecy he will murder his father and marry his mother , so they get rid of him , but he does n't die , he gets found by a shepherd , brought up by a shepherd . |
| 7 | This yard was just a kind of higgledy-piggledy yard with a with a a wall along there where you 're standing and a few lean-tos . |
| 8 | This city is just a collection of villages which happen to share the same map reference . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe this year is just a bit too early for me , but I should be reaching my peak in the two or three years after that — who knows ? ’ |
| 10 | But because of the special circumstances of York we 've got to first define and refine the area of search to a specific corridor and then the other locational criteria are just a guidance , first we take the proposals forward to the local plan stage . |
| 11 | Puzzling pines and poorly potatoes are just a couple of the problems to be solved by our team of BBC experts this month |
| 12 | ‘ Everyone knows that the Liberal Club is just a name for people opposed to Klaus , ’ says a financial expert who shares the minister 's economic ideas . |
| 13 | The much-hyped sleevenotes are just a bunch of insubstantial and dull quotes taken from an insubstantial and dull American biography . |
| 14 | The following list is just a sample of new courses and schemes , many of which illustrate the way that the University is developing new ideas to meet the needs of people who want further training but who are not in a position to commit themselves to full-time study . |
| 15 | This might suggest that the so-called imaginary time is really the real time , and that what we call real time is just a figment of our imaginations . |
| 16 | It the belief becomes current in public opinion that in the arguments between government and opposition it is not really a matter of opposing opinions being presented , then the impression will increasingly gain currency that parliamentary discussions are just a game . |
| 17 | If you do n't believe in religion , you might think that er , the world was just kind of here for no particular reason , and er , that human existence was just a kind of accident or something happen happened , and er , has no has no greater significance . |
| 18 | Their differing opinions are just a discussion , with no heated feelings at all , and Jack is obeyed without argument . |
| 19 | Otherwise the , the little bulb is just a screw in affair . |
| 20 | These animals are just a handful from the diversity of the natural world and have been hounded to near extinction by trade , disappearing habitat and hunting . |
| 21 | ‘ For that kind of penance they will pay £550 and know that the hard work is just a beginning . |
| 22 | All his ferocious attacks were just a game . |
| 23 | The furthest stable was just a room , like any other , with four walls , a ceiling , and a door . |
| 24 | The giant fiddler was just a statue now . |
| 25 | If the solitude and beauty of the area grabs you then these routes are just a taster of what the west has to offer , and no doubt you 'll return . |
| 26 | Vega admitted that it was reminiscent of those halcyon days except that ‘ compared to the Clash audience , these guys are just a stream of piss ! ’ |
| 27 | Vega admitted that it was reminiscent of those halcyon days except that ‘ compared to the Clash audience , these guys are just a stream of piss ! ’ |
| 28 | Even lower inflation is just a consequence of far higher unemployment . |
| 29 | At the end of the article he writes : ‘ We may say , if we like , that the introspected mind is just a body and its goings on as they appear to the body in question and not to anybody else . |
| 30 | Sir Eric is not expecting the sky to fall in over his campus , but in a sense that is the problem — graceful degradation is just a mite too graceful . |