Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] just the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That leaves the Scots with just the All Blacks to beat , this summer . |
| 2 | It certainly seems to specialise in hitting nails on heads at just the right moment . |
| 3 | A and B might well have features in common from the outset ( the c elements in the figure ) and these will produce primary generalization — training on A will give associative strength to stimulus elements that are present also in B. The X representation functions in just the same way as the c elements in producing generalization except for the fact that the ability of A and B to activate X is based on prior conditioning . |
| 4 | But I 've seen pictures of Holiday in a beaded sheath just like that , taken well before the war , and publicity shots of some of those French singers or chanteuses coming down staircases in just the same sort of thing even earlier in the century . |
| 5 | At worst they see the future as two motorway lanes blocked with slow lorries with just the outside lane for the car driver . |
| 6 | COMPARED to Wednesday 's winter blizzards , which had reduced the first day to 27 instead of 36 holes , the conditions for the Peter McEvoy Trophy at Copt Heath yesterday were wonderful — icy winds and leaden skies with just the occasional hint of a watery sun . |
| 7 | I love the long bare hills with just the odd clump of trees . |
| 8 | A rainbow seems like a miracle — it appears out of no-where , it forms a perfect arc — it 's made up of beautiful colours , always the same ones in just the same order — and it always mysteriously disappears . |
| 9 | Nor is it possible to have a membrane with pores of just the right size to allow in needed substances from outside but not let essential substances escape , if only because the cell may need to retain some small molecules , and admit some larger ones . |
| 10 | Masur paces the first movements with great skill and builds climaxes with just the right sense of slow , inexorable growth . |
| 11 | ( b ) Construction The general rules for the construction of contracts apply to exclusion clauses in just the same way as to other clauses . |
| 12 | If you have a strong stomach , pop into the Central Market ; the butchers and fishmongers can always spot a squeamish visitor and slaughter one of their victims at just the right moment . |