Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ The vast number of shoplifters are selfish , hard-up or just pathetic , but there are some who really can not help themselves , ’ he says . |
| 2 | I think the introduction of this guitar is quite significant ; it 's fresh , different and just plain exciting , and those are three words you wo n't often see in the review of a new guitar . |
| 3 | In my experience most A&R guys are not so much unhelpful as just plain uninterested ; the ones showing interest perform the most agile of U-turns as quickly as a week later . |
| 4 | And , if there are limitations on our ability to make such inferences , are they in any sense serious or just casual , in that they would require more effort than anyone is normally prepared to put in ? |
| 5 | Frankie Albright was nineteen and just young enough to have missed the war ; he had tried to sign up when he was sixteen , only to be informed upon by his mother , who had followed him down to the recruiting office . |
| 6 | A PC is no substitute for artistic ability , but with the aid of a suitable package you can achieve effects that are neither too time-consuming , costly or just plain impossible by hand . |
| 7 | More importantly , Griffin seems either to be confused or just wrong about consciousness . |
| 8 | An international campaign against prohibition fits the Radical pattern : odd but just short of eccentric , controversial but with respectable supporters , and newsworthy . |
| 9 | Until fairly recently these questions were regarded as unfathomable or unimportant or just silly . |
| 10 | Freud 's notion of sexuality was more inclusive than just sexual reproduction , but he was not unique in pointing out that sexuality was an important biological instinct . |
| 11 | The deep drawl had become very quiet , so that it was impossible to tell if he was angry or just bored . |
| 12 | I said , ‘ Are you blind or just stupid ? |
| 13 | Both cultures are easily encouraged or bored by language and concepts that they perceive as unfashionable trendy , patronising , disturbing or just plain out of date ! |
| 14 | The new method of showing the information for a VAT return ( it looks just like one of the horrid things ) is more than just useful , it 's a Godsend , and once you 've got into the methodology , invoice raising and bill paying as well as stock control become very quick and easy . |
| 15 | His warning to the American President that he would support Native Americans ( ‘ Red Indians ’ , whom he presumes to be tribally organized ) against the federal government is consistent with his view that natural ties are more than just rational ones . |
| 16 | ‘ Whilst we support land reclamation , urban redevelopment and housing improvements , and recognise they can improve the quality of life for many people in Wales , unless these activities are designed to achieve more than just aesthetic goals they may actually increase environmental damage through energy consumption , waste generation , increased resource demands and traffic flows ’ , said Dr Neil Caldwell , CPRW 's Director . |
| 17 | Yet the training provides more than just technical skill . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's going to be more than just perfect . ’ |
| 19 | Whether this lopsided record and Stewart 's stewardship is more than just coincidental will be a matter for the Test and County Cricket Board to discuss when his contract comes up again next April . |
| 20 | However , the value of a company is based on more than just short-term profitability . |
| 21 | It is true that Jacob will emerge more than just unscathed from the danger that fills his mind as he returns home . |
| 22 | ‘ But it was n't until I went to India that I cam to feel that humans were more than just mechanical responses . |
| 23 | Having been reminded that the bookies ' smoke signals usually signify a lot more than just grandiose waves of their Havana cigars , Ramsden then revealed that he himself might have been inadvertantly responsible for the Travelling Light rumour . |
| 24 | Becoming the world 's foremost brewer takes more than just good business sense . |
| 25 | Perhaps they were more than just good friends . |
| 26 | We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste . |
| 27 | We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste . |
| 28 | I do n't know how Dawn really feels about me , whether love or trust mean anything to her or not , but I do know that there is something special between us , and it feels like something more than just conditioning . |
| 29 | More than just extra officers and money , however , tackling Scotland 's new crime wave may require more imaginative solutions . |
| 30 | The public-interest objective is harder to reject , because it is eminently reasonable that public policy should be concerned with more than just economic efficiency , though it clearly generates considerable uncertainty for firms about what they may and may not do . |