Example sentences of "[verb] to just a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They can put the whole cheese out on the cheeseboard , again I suppose to just a portion going on the cheeseboard . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No such action has been taken : the pilot projects apply to just a handful of catchments . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |