Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] just [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was no respecter of persons or institutions or ideas just because they were vested with a brief authority , and nothing gave him more pleasure than to prick the bubble of pretension . |
| 2 | The aircraft , worth millions of pounds , was on a routine training mission when it came down six miles from its base at RAF Upper Heyford.Eyewitnesses have described seeing the plane trailing smoke and flames just before it crashed . |
| 3 | I , the armchair observer , lament the cessation of the old skills and crafts just as I deplore the desecration of the open fields by more and more bypasses , pylons , wires , bungalows , concrete , traffic and litter . |
| 4 | Even those few are now being bled dry by charges and commissions just when they thought that they had entered the land of milk and honey . |
| 5 | Animism was likewise low and primitive because it was said to imply that souls inhabit animals and trees just as they inhabit men . |
| 6 | A tracksuit 's unfamiliarity forces compromise ; its wearers are often loath to forgo elaborate hairdos , makeup , heels , jewellery and medallions just because the sportiness of the outfit implies reckless , leisurely abandon . |
| 7 | ‘ The general public has a deepseated distrust of science and technology , and insists on ‘ civilian control ’ of science and scientists just as it insists on civilian control of the military ’ . |
| 8 | It was clear that the supporters of the scheme were concerned with the status of mothers and children just as the early members of the Family Endowment Society had been . |
| 9 | Imagination and nerves just when you did not expect it . |