Example sentences of "just [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , there is the cost of the increased staff required just to work the proposed system . |
| 2 | Many then prefer to sail together — especially if their navigation is shaky — just to find the right destination ! |
| 3 | Distributing next year 's maintained payment between the two new companies has clearly not been an easy task and question marks must remain over the board 's decision just to split the 1993 payment straight down the middle with the promise that each company will not pay less than 27.5p a share . |
| 4 | Show me any homebuilder who ca n't say the same thing about his project , but the finish-it-in-thirty-days-using-only-domestic-handtools ! brochures never tell you that , nor that it may take you weeks just to create the right kind of workplace in which to build your masterpiece . |
| 5 | WE were amazed John Major put off his meeting with Jacques Delors just to announce the formal separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales . |
| 6 | He used this argument not just to win the passive support of the miners ' wives and other dependants but also to mobilize their active participation . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone in the industry is working harder than ever before , just to win the same amount of business . |
| 8 | Therefore they find it just to overthrow the Northern statelet by whatever degree of force proves necessary . |
| 9 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 10 | It would have been better just to let the natural reaction show through . |
| 11 | Basically , what it is , they er , want to computerise a collection of some one hundred million words of written and spoken text , that can used by dictionary compilers which are there just to study the English language . |
| 12 | Yeah , I just er , like to , just to welcome the ongoing commitment to the Treasurers Department , to keep down the er , charges to the public service units through C E C. Obviously this is to the benefit , and gives them the , a greater chance of succeeding out there , in what is a difficult market place . |
| 13 | Just to complete the amazing change in fortunes , Mike Allingham ripped on to a short lineout throw from Kenny Milne , who then took his scrum-half 's pass and bullocked his way over from about ten metres out , Lawrie adding the two points . |
| 14 | The radio plays continually , and some folk come in just to check the hourly news . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe she did n't get round to asking him much about himself yet , ’ Rose said just to break the brooding silence . |
| 16 | just to get the general picture , let me an exact period , let's get estimates because we have no idea , er , so estimates might be made or the management costs , four months or six months would you say before anybody moved in ? |
| 17 | Answer : they have bribed , connived , schemed , cheated and bullied everyone in sight , just to get the odd game or two . |
| 18 | I think we had to accept that the first programmes were just to get the whole thing working really erm . |
| 19 | Just to get the full effect . |
| 20 | So the important thing I would say , is just to improve the physical appearance . |
| 21 | When we were six to two on evening patrol , to be truthful , we used to go out looking for drunk and disorderlies — just to stop the bloody boredom . |
| 22 | I 've told Nenna time and again that she ought to get hold of some sort of reliable chap , an ex-Naval chippie would be the right sort , just to spend the odd day on board and put everything to rights . |
| 23 | I was giving up a great deal of my own time , I may say , just to supplement the inadequate teaching he got at Burleigh . |
| 24 | You 've got ta say something interesting quite early on and just to bring the whole conversation to where you want it to be . |