Example sentences of "[adj] be just a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , letters like that are just a laugh , are n't they ? ’ she rushed on with a very poor effort at bravado . |
| 2 | Sony executive vice president Lawrence Ruisi said : ‘ This is just a beginning . ’ |
| 3 | And yes , this is just a holiday . |
| 4 | But you know the rest — this is just a tribute to three lovely unselfish children , and it may bring back some lovely memories , as it does to Pop and myself . |
| 5 | No this this is this is just a maths paper . |
| 6 | Although in spreadsheets like 1-2-3 and SuperCalc you can type in an entry like Sep-11 this is just a text entry and so can not be used in arithmetic — which is the whole point of a spreadsheet like this . |
| 7 | ‘ This is just a story about a human being , like in some of the books we read . ’ |
| 8 | Salisbury district councillor David Parker , 45 , said : ‘ This is just a gimmick . ’ |
| 9 | This is just a whim but it is great fun . |
| 10 | Ye er that 's er , this is just a cleaner 's , cleaner 's cum store room , you know , the usual |
| 11 | And this is just a continuation of that that prejudice against those that appear to be living off the state and not justifying their existence and I think it does n't deserve the time that we 've spent on it tonight . |
| 12 | This is just a back wall that is |
| 13 | We also have an oxyacetylene torch , which is rather more difficult to use under water than most people imagine , but as this is just a reconnaissance trip we wo n't be taking it along . |
| 14 | This is just a sample of the papers trawled from one journal during one month . |
| 15 | oh I do n't know , this is just a sample pot , but er , it was one that she , if you buy , sometimes you 're buying make up you get a freebie gift , thing , and it was , it was in one of those |
| 16 | This is just a mess now . |
| 17 | But this is just a way of avoiding responsibility for our lives . |
| 18 | If you think of a less developed country , you might find some big industry , this is just a way to divide the . |
| 19 | ‘ This is just a tree-house , ’ he said defiantly . |
| 20 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 21 | It is easier to describe simple organisms first and move on to complex ones but this is just a convenience of arrangement , and we will follow this procedure here . |
| 22 | ‘ This is just a family robot . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ This is just a confidence tour in many ways . |
| 24 | This is just a guess . |
| 25 | Also Tore-Andre Flo — the young brother of Jostein Flo is supposed to train for a week or two at Sheff Utd ; but this is just a training stay — nothing to do with Sheff Utd offering him a contract or so . |
| 26 | This is just a guide , but a very useful guide . |
| 27 | Well they 've made it absolutely much more pressing and this is just a drop in the ocean . |
| 28 | To them this is just a huntin' lodge . |
| 29 | This is not a change of class , this is just a reward . |
| 30 | Which the present administration of central government are doing their best to , under the same hammer as it was in those days , so it 's just , this is just a repeat performance of the those days and the government today . |