Example sentences of "[conj] just a [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |
| 2 | Everything here was different and therefore better : the stiff-backed brass taps , the cut of the banister , the genuine oil paintings ( we had a genuine oil painting too , but not as genuine as that ) , the library which somehow was more than just a roomful of books , the furniture old enough to have woodworm in it , and the casual acceptance of inherited things . |
| 3 | It gives due weight to action research as a process rather than just a set of things to do . |
| 4 | A label can be more than just a sequence of characters . |
| 5 | It also manages to tie the Alps together as one whole , treating them as a range of mountains rather than just a list of routes . |
| 6 | And , finally , those extra , necessary words — grouped and coloured — somehow more than just a list of words ! |
| 7 | You may find it more pleasing and effective to range together a selection of complementary shapes , rather than just a hotchpotch of squares , circles , ovals and rectangles . |
| 8 | Now rail travellers arriving in Darlington will notice more than just a handful of changes compared to six years ago . |
| 9 | A system which has the intelligence to acknowledge that people are more than just a bag of bones dressed up in a birthday suit and that ill-health is not only caused by biological factors , but social , political , economic and environmental ones as well . |
| 10 | And just a couple of days later shares are fluctuating |
| 11 | He had plenty of acquaintances but just a couple of friends — Swayne , the stamp man , and Doble , the wine merchant . |
| 12 | But just a couple of days after they moved into their dream home in Quedgeley , it was stolen and torched . |
| 13 | And er , if and when it 's published , there will be millions of words , I mean there are now , and I do n't how large it is now , it 's impossible to tell how large , erm , but just a couple of years , for example , amounts to over a quarter of a million words , so if you run that back to nineteen sixty nine , you see it is going to be one of the largest books ever written . |
| 14 | Having a factory bike can put a lot of pressure on you but when after just a couple of races you discover you can compete at the highest level , everything gets easier . |
| 15 | It is , however , a mistake to pigeon-hole Corinth as just a city of traders , craftsmen and luxury . |