Example sentences of "manage [to-vb] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tall order , considering the existing Renault 19 diesels , the Prima and GTD , managed to attract just 1,000 buyers last year . |
| 2 | Hay 's , which came to the market around Grey Monday , managed to sell just 8 per cent of the shares on issue . |
| 3 | Survival was the name of the game and I was managing to do just that . |
| 4 | The old Moscow publishers Iskusstvo managed to release just one book last year , and having exhausted its resources , it was forced to suspend publication of the journal Iskusstvo , which has been coming out for a number of decades . |
| 5 | Villeneuve and Scheckter managed to score just eight points between them during the 1980 season and the reigning world champion failed even to qualify for one race . |
| 6 | They will not win you any prizes but , if you can manage to knit just one of them , you will be helping someone who really needs your help . |
| 7 | Tokyo is threatening a meltdown , New York followed Tuesday 's precipitous decline with another 50 points early yesterday , yet the FT-SE 100 , despite an initial 30-point mark down , managed to close just 11 lower at 2393.2 . |
| 8 | Before the shark can turn to make a second attack , the young albatross manages to make just enough height for its feet to clear the water . |
| 9 | The fear followed him on to the table at the Rothmans and the man who had pillaged nine titles last season lost to world No 52 Tony Chappel — a player who had managed to take just one frame off him in two previous meetings . |
| 10 | Take a look at the demonstration opposite and you will see we have managed to achieve just that . |