Example sentences of "[conj] be just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether Americans have more money than sense or are just plain lazy is hard to tell , but they pay A-1 and others like them up to $1,000 a time to take their automobiles from A to B. |
| 2 | It is sour grapes , they say , because the candidates no doubt sent in many copies of their CV without response ; fell by the wayside in competition with better candidates ; failed to convince the would-be employer that they were right for the job ; or were just plain unlucky and not in the right place at the right time . |
| 3 | Although we only have 48 eyeshadows , any woman will find colours that are just right for her . |
| 4 | Or a bed into the smallest bedroom ; — A man from British Telecom trying to use one of those stupid modern phone boxes that are just little booths exposed to the weather ideally when he 's ringing up for details of something and trying to write with one hand while trying to stop the piece of paper blowing away . |
| 5 | And so on , still in that pleasant , reasonable voice , with eyes that were just guileless enough , appealing for sense and clemency from his audience . |
| 6 | Plant fossils are often to be found in particular beds , reflecting conditions of deposition that were just right for their preservation . |
| 7 | It is a combination that is just possible but rare . |
| 8 | In a similar way , his When the wind blows enables the reader to face up to some of the appalling possibilities and realities of nuclear warfare in a way that is just bearable . |
| 9 | As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs . |
| 10 | So adding the positive number that 's just normal adding , adding a negative number that 's the same as taking it away . |
| 11 | Well th that 's not a court order that 's just straight out out of my bank account into her bank account . |
| 12 | The table on page 10 can help you find a club that 's just right for you . |
| 13 | Whether for business or leisure , selecting the accommodation that 's just right for you need be guesswork no longer . |
| 14 | ‘ But there is a job that 's just right for you , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Even sacks with adjustable back lengths have their limits and people of above or below average height will have to shop around a little more carefully before finding the pack that 's just right for them . |
| 16 | Whatever you choice of fire , whatever the decor of your room — you can be sure to find something that 's just right for you … |
| 17 | There 's something in valve amps that 's just brilliant . |
| 18 | I WILL thrust splendidly into the cut-glass sky , flanked on the east by Lake Michigan , a convincing fake beach if ever you saw one ; I WILL inject the Indian summer glare with a brittle but somehow reassuring fake coastal wind ; I WILL present a clean front , a scrubbed facade for the city 's countless visitors , and at least one vegetarian take-out that 's just big enough to accommodate all of Consolidated . |
| 19 | Buying the motor caravan that was just right for us was easy too . |
| 20 | But , I went out , I had n't a card that was just right . |
| 21 | She heard the key turn in the lock and a fear that was just short of primitive assailed her . |
| 22 | By Friday , after four days of being enthused at , confused , intrigued and occasionally feeling rather excited , the 800 delegates must have been glad to think of one computerised future that was just different rather than scary . |
| 23 | The human and mouse eggs are about one tenth of a millimetre in diameter and are just visible to the naked eye . |
| 24 | Probably in this case ( as in many others ) the parties and their lawyers were not familiar with the distinction and were just confused , and may not even have realised that there is a distinction . |
| 25 | It would , perhaps , be significant on machines with low rotor speeds and is just noticeable when hovering tail to wind , which requires opposite trim offset . |
| 26 | The quota is the smallest number of votes to allow five candidates to be elected and is just big enough to prevent the election of more than five . |
| 27 | But she has lured him into a giant press , through which she has crawled , and is just able to throw the switch . |
| 28 | ‘ We could n't believe it when we saw the size of the hole it had fallen down , it must have slipped backwards and was just small enough to slip in . ’ |
| 29 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 30 | For the closing phrases , by which time she 'd completely lost it and was just plain screaming , we all fell silent , because it was awesome ; and then when she had finished the victim of her fury slowly exited right on cue in complete silence , complete silence except for Madame 's heavy breathing and the sound of Gary playing recitative on the piano , for he had been playing along under her rage all the time , as if to support it , as if this really was music to our ears . |