Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the Maastricht Treaty without the Social Chapter is just a charter for business . |
| 2 | A Mob without a proper leader is just a liability . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Puzzling pines and poorly potatoes are just a couple of the problems to be solved by our team of BBC experts this month |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | The much-hyped sleevenotes are just a bunch of insubstantial and dull quotes taken from an insubstantial and dull American biography . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Their differing opinions are just a discussion , with no heated feelings at all , and Jack is obeyed without argument . |
| 13 | Otherwise the , the little bulb is just a screw in affair . |
| 14 | ‘ For that kind of penance they will pay £550 and know that the hard work is just a beginning . |
| 15 | All his ferocious attacks were just a game . |
| 16 | The giant fiddler was just a statue now . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If the history of our technological age is just a flicker of time , then multimedia , amidst all the bustle of change , is a word still forming on our lips . |
| 20 | Of course , the intriguing question is whether our abstract schemes for programs and/or documents are true pointers to some powerful universal truth , or whether the sense of elegance and economy in a good approach is just a delusion . |
| 21 | It would not matter so much if a Turkish president were just a figurehead . |
| 22 | It makes me mad because the idea is that no guy would fancy a fat woman , that fat women are just a joke . |
| 23 | The hotel has its own exclusive restaurant , a popular bar plus its own swimming pool and children 's pool and , of course , the Club 's main amenities and superb beach are just a couple of hundred yards away . |
| 24 | Until then hot breakfast is just a bowl of porridge with a banana , followed by some fruit as a morning snack and a filled chunk of French stick and yoghurt for lunch . |
| 25 | First of all the grim reaper grim reaper 's just a name for a fictional being and I think that is a normal |
| 26 | The Big Man is just a voice on the phone : he 's left us too long . |
| 27 | So , the fact that who works in the green grocers is just a bit of additional information , it 's not necessary for the the main part of the sentence , you can take it out and it 's not going to take , make any difference to the construction or the meaning of the sentence , it 's a bit of additional information . |
| 28 | All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time . |
| 29 | Or perhaps the recent tremor was just a prelude to the really big one . |
| 30 | Er the blue book is just a guide for yourselves as cos Neighbourhood Watch members . |