Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in households where the woman is in full-time employment , unemployed men are likely to do just as much ( or rather little ) domestic work as those who are fully employed . |
| 2 | Not only does the promotion system mean that people who rise to the top are likely to have just those personal characteristics it takes to commit corporate crime , but these are also reinforced by the psychological consequences of success itself , for these too free a person from the moral bind of conventional values . |
| 3 | There are many instances of victims of Nazi aggression who have been able to do just this — to forgive despite terrible hurt . |
| 4 | I have never been able to ascertain just why such an arrangement should exist , since there would seem to be no 480 volt mains supplies . |
| 5 | If a major item such as a dinner service is on the list , make it clear that you are happy to receive just one cup and saucer from the range . |
| 6 | Would it be possible to have just one uplight , as I think the aeration of two powerheads could be causing the algae ? |
| 7 | By the time the Winterthur show came around in 1990 I thought it would be interesting to exhibit just the paintings and when Nick Serota , the Director of the Tate , proposed that we might put on another retrospective at his gallery I felt more sure of myself . |
| 8 | It would be interesting to hear just how much of the programme that I have outlined the Government support , those aspects of it that they do not , and why . |
| 9 | There is complete agreement on the commitment of the Council of Europe to dealing with the issue , and I repeat that it would be interesting to hear just where the Government stand . |
| 10 | Anyway it would be interesting to learn just at what point he would get around to the subject of Rob . |
| 11 | The Legendre functions of integer order are well known , but it may still be appropriate to note just the first few . |
| 12 | These seem to have the curious property that , although they can move fairly freely within a hadron , it appears to be impossible to obtain just one quark on its own ; they always come either in groups of three ( like the proton or neutron ) or in pairs consisting of a quark and antiquark ( like the pi meson ) . |
| 13 | Indeed , would n't it be magical to have just ‘ one more for the road ’ ? |
| 14 | ANNABEL CROFT , the former British No 1 who reckoned she would be lucky to win just a few games on her return to competitive tennis , today clinched a place in the second round of the Volkswagen National championships in Telford . |
| 15 | It may though be useful to do just that , since our perception and understanding of them will also condition the way we approach the more focused sections following . |
| 16 | It would be well to know just what this entails . |
| 17 | With your support now , I 'll be able to do just that . |
| 18 | ‘ If I fly up high I may be able to see just where they are . |
| 19 | But at least everyone will be able to see just how much water they are using , even to the extent of checking the meter just before turning on the sprinkler , and then switching off when the dial shows enough water has been sprayed to cover the lawn or vegetable patch . |
| 20 | And I hope that , er , you know , this , all this data will be published , and people will be able to see just what the complete data is . |
| 21 | What is more , financial intermediaries may have the expertise to be able to assess just how risky a loan is . |
| 22 | just because we 're special type of thing , it 'll be OK cos he will be able to enjoy just being with us or not , as the case may be |
| 23 | The authorities were glad to be able to recoup just a little money by renting this fine room to the Baptists for a week . |
| 24 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 25 | If man has evolved to maintain his selfish genes , why can not he be happy to do just that and to fulfil the other biological drives like curiosity , sociability and the desire to dominate that at one time presumably aided the survival of his genes ? |
| 26 | The company , which has already dipped its toe into the end-user market with firms such as the Bank of Montreal , Library of Congress , Equitable Life and Safeway , would be happy to win just five to ten large SNA accounts over the next year . |
| 27 | TV comedienne and writer Victoria Wood will be happy to have just a walk-on role when she appears at Sunderland 's Empire Theatre later this year . |
| 28 | It would be nice to have just a little swig of the erm of the new grape . |
| 29 | All sides will be keen to see just what the Board of Inquiry discovers … and anxious to prevent it happening again . |
| 30 | All sides will be keen to see just what the Board of Inquiry discovers … and anxious to prevent it happening again . |