Example sentences of "just a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All the holidays are designed to offer non-stop entertainment.And the price — just a sparkling £16.50 per person .
2 ‘ Those round/flatwound strings were just a terrible idea , and the ones with the exposed core are almost as bad .
3 Perhaps , he concluded , in his letter terminating their correspondence for months to come , it was all just a terrible nightmare which would only be understood later ?
4 hurly-burly there , it 's just a terrible place !
5 Just a pleased acceptance of the company , and a chat while the kettle sang its way to the boil .
6 Just a tired row of shops opposite and a seedy-looking pub on the corner and a disused laundry with boarded-up windows and a For Sale notice .
7 Malebranche makes the material world not just a bare possibility but a redundant one too .
8 For the setting , ‘ I thought just a bare cyclorama would be so nice !
9 During ‘ Sidewalkin' ’ , when the song is reduced to just a bare skeleton and Jim repeats ‘ Chilled to the bone/Chilled o the bone ’ with a single frozen blue light painting the backs of his jeans from the sewer , the world stops .
10 just a bare , impersonal space in a cheap , dingy hotel .
11 These were guaranteed a national , not just a regional , showing for their programmes for a number of peak hours each week .
12 We all do our bit to ensure that the general public and also members of the Health Authority , are fully aware of our feelings in connection with the closure of , what is not just a regional speciality , but what is a nationally and internationally renowned , orthopaedic hospital .
13 And this is n't just a self-interested view on the part of universities .
14 ‘ What I really do n't want for the Kirov Orchestra is just a brilliant but mechanical , if precise , kind of playing .
15 As a world-wide Church we are sent out into the whole world — we are not just a localised unit of believers .
16 There were no eyes — no features — just a pinkish head that seemed swollen , bloated .
17 Activities including fishing , walking , company conferences , product launches or just a memorable break away from it all : they are all catered for at Aldwark Manor .
18 Certainly , it is trying to create atmosphere rather than just a memorable sing-along tune .
19 It 's just a stick-on thing .
20 At first , like her many other activities , the home maintenance course at the Adult Education Centre had been just a desperate device to take her away from the boredom of George .
21 It 's just a desperate attempt to get a few votes ’ .
22 Just a desperate imitation of what he must think the real thing 's like .
23 Large diameter coils , glowing valves , brass fittings , large meters mounted in ebonite front panels , all evoke the atmosphere of the past and the article suggests ways of re-creating your own authentic or individual masterpiece — or maybe just a glorious Spiders ' Nest !
24 I ca n't remember any particular hole , any particular stroke , just a glorious blaze of heaven .
25 IS angling cruel , or just a relaxing way to spend a sunny afternoon ?
26 Herbs are more than just a culinary delight — they are among the most colourful plants you can choose for the garden .
27 The SN9000 is likely to cost a lot more than the SN8000 , so the latter is not necessarily just a transitional product .
28 MP and broadcasting expert Roger Gale said : ‘ I think it just a cheap journalists ' trick on behalf of The Sun to try to score points over their rivals . ’
29 What if it 's just a cheap take-over shot and Madreidetic are n't the guilty ones ?
30 And I think there are a lot of questions that need to be asked — has there been , er have , have corners been cut in order to keep the cost down , were we getting a good quality service or just a cheap service ?
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