Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on just " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Southwark in December 1681 fines amounting to £9,680 were imposed on just twenty-two Nonconformist ministers . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , I do n't know who initiated the move to adopt a Regional policy of this nature , or why a written policy was decided on just then . |
| 3 | But he does note that Heath 's claim that it was a clear victory was based on just over half the representatives supporting the Government . |
| 4 | And yet this generally held belief was based on just one dramatic observation . |
| 5 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |
| 6 | But the highest value was put on just being there , the willingness to sit by a bedside and to do more listening than talking , the patience with inconsistencies and sudden reversals of mood and the readiness to come back , week after week . |