Example sentences of "[verb] just the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local water also contained just the right quantity of lime for the production of ‘ sheened ’ washed silk . |
| 2 | In Ancient Egypt , pig footprints were considered just the right depth for sowing corn , and at planting time , the farmer would walk behind a pig , dropping seeds in the impressions . |
| 3 | Things have changed now of course , but acts tend to tour just the Eastern side , so Western Australia still misses out because it 's such a bloody hike from Adelaide to Perth . ’ |
| 4 | I wonder just how easy this is when so many record companies are spreading their nets far and wide to find just the right location for an increasingly varied range of repertoire commitments . |
| 5 | Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem . |
| 6 | So , Pomerance argued it should be easier to process just the right hand signal if they 're not grouped together , if they if the processing system does n't tend to group them as a single entity . |
| 7 | Shift operator adds just the right amount of vitamins to the mix . |
| 8 | Noel Bridgeman 's piano accordion takes over where Dooley Wilson 's piano left off , and adds just the right ingredient . |
| 9 | Being the hostess calls for something a bit more exciting and this Christmas marabou feather trim adds just the festive touch |
| 10 | He stands over 13.2hh now and has just the right mixture of quality and substance . |
| 11 | Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration . |
| 12 | The neck has just the right amount of forward relief , and needs no adjustment to the truss rod . |
| 13 | Bottle-wrack 's reproductive habit has exactly the effect of increasing this ratio ; splurge-weed 's habit has just the opposite effect . |
| 14 | But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty . |
| 15 | By the same token they are producing just the right level of output , . |
| 16 | Chris Robinson 's vocal has developed just the right pitch to keep you straining to hear his every word , the kind of kick-ass , hell-for-leather growl that sounds great and is heightened by the honey sweet gospelly chorus of backing singers Barbara Richardson and Taj . |
| 17 | In contrast alto Ameral Gunson , replacing Carolyn Watkinson , grew with the performance and her recitative The Man That Was Lame conveyed just the right tone . |
| 18 | I found the book to be very readable , with each subject being given just the right amount of coverage , considering the intended readership . |
| 19 | In sardonic undertones , the guide- lines suggest ‘ the part-timer is unlikely to be happy given just the undesirable work that no one else wants to do ’ and ‘ should not be made to feel obliged to work extra hours . ’ |
| 20 | To start with , imagine you are given just the physical outline of adults of several species . |
| 21 | They are hiring just the right number of workers , , that the calculus of profit maximization dictates . |
| 22 | This is usually a very pleasant and reassuring interview for a worried old person , who can be helped to feel that much of the anxiety about her heavy housework is going to be taken off her hands ; and the supervisor then tries , as far as possible , to choose just the right member of her staff to suit the needs of the applicant . |
| 23 | She had known with all her soul that she had made just the right decision . |
| 24 | The bedrooms are attractive and have been individually designed , with specific themes in mind , such as the Tudor Room , the Georgian Room and the Chinese Room , using fabrics , furnishings and paintings to create just the right style . |
| 25 | WATERLOO are hoping that Mike Hayton will provide just the right treatment when they bid to reach the last 32 of the Pilkington Cup by winning at Lichfield tomorrow . |
| 26 | If the adoption of a female voice by a male character is a ruse intended , inter alia , to throw an oblique light upon the characteristics of womankind , the fabliau , with its characteristic representation of women in terms of their sexuality and such a capacity to allow overt changes of voice , would provide just the right mode . |
| 27 | Dave had had just the right amount of drink , he had n't been tempted to display his superior knowledge in argument ; he had n't produced any slanderous gossip , he had n't felt it necessary to demonstrate his virility by being overattentive to someone else 's wife . |
| 28 | Unlike most clergy houses , which had either too little furniture in them for reasons of poverty or too much from the wrong sort of inheritance , Canon Wheeler 's had just the right amount in the right places . |
| 29 | The leisurely bath has reached just the right temperature and the birthday bath salts are bubbling away beautifully . |
| 30 | With nothing more than a saw , pocket knife and file he resolved how to let just the right amount of ink out and air in , and made a fountain pen to his own design . |