Example sentences of "[vb pp] to just a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are particularly concerned about the bobcat which is already under intense pressure — about 100 000 are now trapped annually compared to just a few thousand two decades ago . |
| 2 | The leaflet shows a straight-sided bottle , which might hold more fish and be more accommodating to equipment than the teardrop option , which is probably best suited to just a couple of goldfish . |
| 3 | According to Earth Report ( 1988 ) , some 100 million t of nutrient-rich silt were deposited annually in the pre-Aswan period but is now reduced to just a few tomes per year , necessitating extensive fertiliser use at considerable cost and , presumably , inviting long-term eutrophication problems that characterise many developing countries ( section 6.3.1 ) . |
| 4 | During ‘ Sidewalkin' ’ , when the song is reduced to just a bare skeleton and Jim repeats ‘ Chilled to the bone/Chilled o the bone ’ with a single frozen blue light painting the backs of his jeans from the sewer , the world stops . |
| 5 | Recent demonstrations show it has a keyboard reduced to just a few large buttons and a flip-up 4-inch , backlit colour LCD screen . |
| 6 | Not too long ago , property ownership was limited to just a minority — but today nearly two thirds of people in England and Wales live in their own homes , more than in many other countries . |
| 7 | In this context penalties are implicitly treated as if they gave the exact decrease in objective function when a variable is branched on ( as opposed to just a bound ) . |
| 8 | Later , much later , after the war , Mr Chatto was installed , and after him John Sandoe came along , in 1957 , and that is when I first really took notice of what was soon to become a ‘ singular bookshop ’ as opposed to just a bookseller . |