Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [prep] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shareholders are left with just the 1p interim dividend . |
| 2 | If clarification requests are divided into just two categories , potential ( being those categories where the listener actively contributes to the negotiation by introducing new information ) , and simple ( the remaining categories ) , and these are set against the number of inadequate messages produced , a number of interesting findings emerges . |
| 3 | Nowadays referees are interfered with just as much memos on this , that and everything . |
| 4 | Mitsubishi 's GSR Evolution rally weapon met its three-month sales target in record time — 2500 cars were sold in just three days ! |
| 5 | Welshman Ian Woosnam would have joined them in second place but for a double bogey at the 17th for a 73 , while Scotland 's Colin Montgomerie is tucked in just behind after finishing four over par . |
| 6 | But other workers have now shown that retinoic acid is actually present in the limb , and its concentration is graded in just the right direction . |
| 7 | Administration is handled by just three staff including Norman Eggleton . |
| 8 | In the major eruption of Laki in Iceland in 1783 over 10 km 3 of lava was produced in just 50 days , and it spread to eventually cover an area of 370 km 2 . |
| 9 | A combination of a well planned and executed programme , better than expected weather and operational benefits derived from onboard data processing meant that a planned two-summer programme was completed in just 4½ months . |
| 10 | This meant that a " yes " vote was cast by just over 61 per cent of registered electors , and around 56 per cent of all Soviet citizens of voting age . |
| 11 | With the reserves winning 2-1 at Falkirk to stay top of the Premier Reserve League , it was a good day all round for Hearts , though one disappointment for chairman Wallace Mercer was that the game at Tynecastle was watched by just over 7,000 . |
| 12 | Dr Tom Courtney was sentenced to just seven years for drugging and assaulting four young women at the London premises where he practised as a gynaecologist . |
| 13 | Courtney was sentenced to just seven years for drugging and assaulting four trusting young women at the Harley Street premises where he practised as a gynaecologist . |
| 14 | In addition to a post-tea batting humiliation , England were reduced to just nine fit men . |
| 15 | Over three months 933 gallons of brandy , 1,414 gallons of rum , 654 gallons of whisky and 2,048 gallons of gin were drank between just 12,000 people . |
| 16 | Rhubarb fool is made in just the same way as gooseberry fool , but needs an even larger proportion of sugar , preferably dark brown , and it is very necessary when the rhubarb is cooked to put it in a colander or sieve and let the excess juice drain off before the purée is made and the cream added . |
| 17 | In the UK , virtually all of the LFA is designated under just one of the three Articles available under the Directive — Article 3(4) . |
| 18 | The tiny station at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire is run by just two people , and both are dedicated to keeping the long suffering rail traveller happy . |
| 19 | The Childcare Now ! campaign is asking for just what it says . |
| 20 | It has often been asserted that England was favoured in just such a way on the eve of her industrial revolution . |
| 21 | Nigel was left with just one woman in his life to torment , which was only half the fun . |
| 22 | The second half was played at just as frantic pace as the first with both sides looking dangerous on the attack , but Abingdon looking more solid in defence . |
| 23 | Perhaps Webern was aiming at just such a lack of definition , and certainly many composers have been attracted by this very quality , as well as by his intellectualism , over the last thirty years . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ Tops ’ or soundboards are made from just two woods : Swiss pine for the very best instruments , Western red cedar for the others . |
| 26 | The heads of various departments , foremen and other key workers were recruited from just across the county boundary in Sheffield and south Yorkshire ; the rest of the labour force came from many parts of Britain and Ireland . |
| 27 | Wine imports over the same period were reduced by just over 40 per cent . |
| 28 | 157 Megabytes of files on our Victor V486M 's 200 Mb hard disk were checked in just 47 seconds — now that 's moving ! |
| 29 | Tax is imposed as a rate or series of rates ; e.g. income tax is levied at just 20% , 25% and 40% of taxable income whilst VAT items that are not exempted are zero-rated or pay 17.5% . |
| 30 | LAST night 's meeting at Southwell was abandoned after just one race when the course became waterlogged following torrential rain . |