Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short hair or long hair or just a man ? |
| 2 | NEIL PROSSER , co-owner of four Chipie shops , likes the options the label offers : ‘ You can buy the whole look or just a T-shirt . ’ |
| 3 | Well they are , they are very nice , half a pound or just a couple ? |
| 4 | I mean I would love to see a newspaper but the current staffing of the office does n't permit that also the costing of it erm but I 've very little input from this department and really while all out and about in the force and just a tip off about something human interest or whatever would be appreciated . |
| 5 | ‘ I know some people are saying we will hit somebody for five or six goals sooner or later , but I 'd rather we had a nice , successful run of 1-0 wins than just a one-off . ’ |
| 6 | Next time , you , your daughter , your grand-daughter or just a neighbour is pregnant , you could think of the thirty-odd years that the NCT has spent safeguarding the interests of parents and babies , and you could get out your cheque book . |
| 7 | He had plenty of acquaintances but just a couple of friends — Swayne , the stamp man , and Doble , the wine merchant . |
| 8 | It is , however , a mistake to pigeon-hole Corinth as just a city of traders , craftsmen and luxury . |
| 9 | There has been little previous research into the origins of this group , nor into whether farm management is a career in its own right or just a stepping stone to becoming a tenant or owner-occupier . |
| 10 | A similar DOE has been found in experiments by Edwards , Jagielo , Zentall and Hogan ( 1982 ) , who used different types of grain to differentiate the outcomes , and by Peterson and Trapold ( 1984 ) who presented ( in the correlated condition ) food after a correct response for one trial-type and just a feedback tone for a correct response for the other type of trial . |
| 11 | The body is remarkably slight , measuring only 11¾″ at its widest point and just a smidge over 14½″ from strap peg to neckplate . |
| 12 | The prize money is to be spent at the Art Shop in Bondgate and Just a Fiver in Skinnergate . |
| 13 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 14 | One suggested reason is to protect public bodies from vexatious litigants with no real interest in the outcome of the case but just a desire to make things difficult for the government . |
| 15 | 5. such work will also help pupils approach the diversity of religious beliefs in an open and non-dogmatic way without succumbing to the relativism which tends to regard different beliefs as just a matter of opinion . |
| 16 | Its unamplified tone is very bright and zingy and , to the casual strummer 's point of view , brings Music Man , Rickenbacker and just a hint of Danelectro to mind . |
| 17 | The men who scurried past him , and the increasingly large number of attractive young women , were thinking of commodity prices , buying long or short , or a flicker of movement in the money markets that might be a trend or just a flicker . |
| 18 | It needed a really sharp edge and just a light brushing with the cutter to form some of these parts . |
| 19 | If you were n't have said ooh I was listening on the phones and just a leave it on , you know the phones . |
| 20 | you can make use of exemptions and just a charity . |
| 21 | With stunning visuals , light , music , voice and just a touch of theatre , the Experience traces the development of Dublin and the lifestyles of its inhabitants through the ages . |
| 22 | Is she a doctor or just a student ? |
| 23 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 24 | A node-link-node triple is a richer index for a paragraph than just a node . |
| 25 | Armed with an excellent debut album , ‘ A Sonic Holiday ’ ( due for UK release soon ) , a sense of humour , a glam image and just a trace of youthful cockiness , this is a band to watch . |
| 26 | Standing around , waiting for the police to arrive , the resident and the intern made bets on whether the case would be a real emergency or just a teenager who had swallowed too much aspirin . |
| 27 | If you 're a school governor or a member of a P T A or just a parent , you must demand that the real facts of life and death are part of sex and hygiene education . |
| 28 | Exploring unfamiliar surroundings , learning to relate to other children , letting off steam or just a bit of rough and tumble . |
| 29 | They put the stranger down on the outskirts and left him standing in the middle of the road , his face in shadow under his cap and just a glimmer of those white , pebbly eyes . |
| 30 | However , twice now I have heard the character state that she is not a nurse but just a care assistant . |