Example sentences of "[conj] just [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , as the champagne flows and the cheers resound , as diamonds and pearls shimmer on black dresses and white-gloved waiters slice their way through the crowd with continuous supplies of Bucks Fizz or just straight champagne , there does n't seem to be much love for particular MPs . |
| 2 | Cycling : Whether you want to go mountain biking or just gentle cycling through the forests , both types of bicycle are available for hire and both types of cyclist are well catered for here with a huge network of cycle tracks on offer . |
| 3 | As I recrossed into Djibouti , villagers sympathetic to the SNM , or just wanting money , hid me from the patrols . |
| 4 | Is it enthusiasm , a warning , or just uncontrollable strength ? |
| 5 | Extending this principle a little further , each one of these types expects a certain reaction from their chosen victim — perhaps terror , disgust , humiliation or just stunned silence . |
| 6 | They found most of the equipment to do just that in my flat when they searched it : an answer-machine , my PC and its modem ; another lead or two and it would have been easy to set it up if you knew what you were doing , or just used trial and error and were patient . |
| 7 | How far all this was homesickness or a defensive strategy against ( anticipated ? ) rejection by the surrounding community , or just sheer stubbornness , I now ca n't tell , but I knew even then that it had nothing to do with the world in which I was trying to live . |
| 8 | Whether your company prefers physical challenges , fantasy days , or just good fun , an unusual event is one way of splashing out cost-effectively . |
| 9 | It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ Under a Labour Government this country would be swamped with immigrants of every colour and race , and on any excuse of asylum or bogus marriage , or just plain deception . |
| 11 | ‘ Under a Labour government , this country would be swamped with immigrants of every colour and race , and on any excuse of asylum or bogus marriage , or just plain deception ’ — Sir ‘ Nicky ’ Fairbairn , April 1992 . |
| 12 | There are plenty of ordinary reasons for travelling : business ; visits to family or friends ; for culture or history ; sea , sun and sand ; religion or health ; education ; shopping ; food and wines ; or just plain fun . |
| 13 | Wringe concludes by stating that ‘ A more damning criticism is that , whether through expediency , inadvertence or just plain lack of sufficient thought , both the concept in itself and its key proposals obscure dilemmas and ambiguities well known to political and educational philosophy . ’ |
| 14 | Accell/SQL allows both Unix and Windows clients to share the same database , with Unix clients supporting Motif , Open Look , or just plain character interfaces , and the Windows version supports Microsoft Corp 's Dynamic Data Exchange mechanism for applications integration . |
| 15 | Or just plain seduction to serve the Countess 's ends ? ’ |
| 16 | Whether you need a pattern for a tiny baby or a large adult , for tuck stitch , slip stitch , lace , Fair Isle , garter stitch , intarsia or just plain stocking stitch . |
| 17 | It is impossible to convey to an outsider in a few short words the hothouse emotional atmosphere of such an establishment , with its all-too-conscientiously suppressed sexuality , and the consequent hysteria , or just plain silliness . |
| 18 | There was something about cutter work — glamour , adventure , battling the elements , or just plain escapism — call it what you will , but once you had experienced it you had great difficulty in settling down to the more prosaic existence ashore . |
| 19 | Two people lingered , fingering the scarves , and she put her head down , feigning ignorance , or ineptitude , or just plain stupidity — whatever , so long as they went away without asking her the price of anything ! |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know whether you 're being considerate , crafty , or just plain calculating . ’ |
| 21 | Horse manure , horse muck or just plain horse shit , depending on your susceptibilities , was a much needed and highly effective fertiliser for the allotments , and so from an early age a daily chore was to keep an eye open for droppings , grab your shovel and bucket and run out to scoop it up . |
| 22 | The two obvious motives are either money , or just plain dislike and jealousy . |
| 23 | Is this the start of an immense boom , or just immense hype ? |
| 24 | At the extreme , his death may be entirely incidental to some criminal lunatic making a political point , or just blind violence like the Belgian supermarket killings . |
| 25 | But whether it was him or someone else … or just bad luck . ’ |
| 26 | The need to compete ( and no longer rely on the taxpayer or a government that just printed money ) had a dramatic effect on industry . |
| 27 | He said it would be the first of a series of ventures which Gooding was discussing with Japanese companies , aimed at bringing research and technology to Britain rather than just final assembly of goods . |
| 28 | That scenario can be distinguished from another which may nevertheless overlap and converge with it : the necessary identifications of male bonding — ‘ I desire to be like you ’ — produce an intensity of admiration some of which just can not help but transform into deviant desire for , rather than just honourable imitation of , ‘ man 's ’ most significant other ( i.e. man ) . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Yet the training provides more than just technical skill . |