Example sentences of "just [adv] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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1 | Not that Luke needed any sartorial props ; he was just naturally sensuously exciting as she had always suspected , and now knew to her cost . |
2 | If you start throwing fragments of aeroplanes into heaps , the odds of your happening to hit upon exactly the same arrangement of junk twice are just about as low as the odds of your throwing together a working airliner . |
3 | Yes , there are theories at to what happens at well the temperature 's in fact just about as low as you can get . |
4 | The changes imposed were just about as much as the Services could take at that time without loss of morale and fighting efficiency . |
5 | If you have tried sprinkling it on breakfast cereal and weighed the quantity , you will have discovered that you get a large volume for a quarter of an ounce — just about as much as you can palatably add to a single portion of breakfast cereal , without beginning to think that you are eating a bowl of sawdust ! |
6 | Nearly everyone will agree that plants and undergravels are not really compatible ; on the other hand I think undergravels as just about as good as one can get . |
7 | I suspect , indeed , that the whole process of evolution , from remote resemblance to near perfect mimicry , has gone on , rather rapidly , many times over in different insect groups , during the whole long period that bird vision has been just about as good as it is today . |
8 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
9 | I suppose , Professor Smith , that medicine 's been around just about as long as people have been around ? |
10 | ‘ No fool at all , ’ said Fearnley , ‘ and just about as devious as Martinez . ’ |
11 | you know , the houses that have just got one wall and a little , or a garage which is higher than just about as high as I think |
12 | This was just about as bad as it could possibly get . |
13 | In theory the dazzle explanation makes sense , because the zebra patterning is just about as vivid as it can be , when seen at close quarters , but once again the facts do not support this idea in practice . |
14 | ‘ His expression is just about as dreary as the weather . ’ |
15 | That is going to take us a bit of time to put into place , but we 're , you know we 're moving just about as fast as our legs can carry us . |
16 | GILLIAN said that in her opinion their was just as cumbersome and just as obviously diplomatic as his or her , but why was the meeting being so squeamish about making a point anyway ? |