Example sentences of "[adj] [be] just the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I this is just the voice of reason . |
2 | She said she was ‘ not prepared to go to jail for that ungrateful woman ’ and told ANC intelligence officers : ‘ This is just the tip of the iceberg . |
3 | Litter disfigures the countryside and contributes to pollution , but this is just the tip of the environmental iceberg . |
4 | There is a selection of books listed at the end of this book , but this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
5 | And this is just the tip of the iceberg — the accident iceberg , that is . |
6 | At a total cost to local Charge payers of around twenty thousand , some people may think such civic junketing has been terribly excessive but the truth is , Lord Mayor , that this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
7 | This is just the approach taken by the second theory to be considered . |
8 | But this is just the mirror image of the bourgeois view that whenever workers take a militant stance this must be due to manipulation by agitators , and again does not reflect people 's considered judgement . |
9 | This is just the kind of system that encourages crime . |
10 | ‘ This is just the kind of thing you waste months reconstructing under laboratory conditions — the difference in reaction between when you think you 're morally right , and when you think you 're factually right . |
11 | This is just the objectivity which is to be claimed in general for the good ; what is good for me now is not necessarily good for you or for me at other times , nor even what I now spontaneously prefer , it is what anyone would spontaneously prefer for me if sufficiently aware from my present viewpoint . |
12 | This is just the sampling rate of a bat on a routine cruising flight . |
13 | This is just the beginning . |
14 | Not only have you achieved a real goal , well , almost , but from now on there will be no more excuses , no more ‘ false ceilings ’ for projects and ambitions — this is just the beginning of a very new and different life for you . |
15 | He added : ‘ This is just the beginning . ’ |
16 | You could find that this is just the beginning and that your plans are n't quite as cut and dried as they appear . ’ |
17 | But this is just the beginning . |
18 | Depression : " My efforts are useless and there is nothing I can do " v. Acceptance : " Perhaps this is just the way it is and my life must go on " . |
19 | ‘ This is just the scream of the Luddites in a changing world . |
20 | This is just the kitchen . |
21 | This is just the argument we met earlier in this chapter , so there is no need to dwell on it here . |
22 | Whether or not you accept Idso 's claims , surely this is just the place for a critical appraisal of them ? |
23 | And now , with Peter and John , this is just the end as far as he 's concerned . |
24 | The consultation point is another one and in fact I 've made the point myself I think er last year , that for many of these very small schemes , the actual cost , staff cost , in developing the time taken to develop them , far outweighs the actual implementation cost cos this is just the implementation cost of the scheme . |
25 | I really think this is just the start , to tell you the truth . |
26 | Because I mean this is just the start of the trust I mean , nothing 'll change next year . |
27 | this is just the job we had to tackle — unblocking a soakaway . |
28 | ( This is just the formula for capital growth when compound interest is applied . ) |
29 | and this is just the relative of the averages of prices weighted by base quantities , i.e. equivalent to a weighted version of method 2 . |
30 | Well , this is just the time and the place — and the audience — for a comeback . ’ |