Example sentences of "just a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity . |
| 2 | When the word , the words plural , that does not end in s , and there 's just a minority of cases , then it 's apostrophe followed by s . |
| 3 | Statistically the chemical industry is responsible for just a fraction of dioxin ‘ production ’ from combustion with domestic fires accounting for a much larger chunk . |
| 4 | ‘ In case you were thinking , ’ he concluded , ‘ that this was just a quarrel among blacks , a spot of faction-fighting . |
| 5 | Another couple at Acomb for twenty pounds and then they also give just a cost for Ripon and Scarborough . |
| 6 | Like the newly-elected Prime Minister , with whom he shares not just a love of cricket , but a firm adherence to basic principles , a natural decency and a dogged belief in hard work , the England captain enjoys a challenge against the odds . |
| 7 | erm the river is , is erm just a bed of sand most of the year |
| 8 | This is an example of what Cain ( 1973 ) calls the ‘ instructional attitude ’ which senior constables adopt in relation to probationers , passing on not just a knowledge of law but of the situations in which to apply it . |
| 9 | It is clear that prophecy was part of the experience of the people of God in the Bible ( see Numbers 11:20,1 Samuel 19:20 , Joel 2:28 , Acts 2:18 ; 15:22 ; 19:6 ; 21:9 , 1 Corinthians 11:4–5 ; 12:28 ; 14:1 and 24 , Ephesians 4:11,1 Thessalonians 5:20 for just a sample of instances ) . |
| 10 | No envelope either , just a slip of paper , folded in two , containing a brief typewritten message . |
| 11 | I got very depressed — there was no particular reason , just a lowering of spirits as I realized again that , for the foreseeable future , we were going nowhere . |
| 12 | This brochure is full of sociable holidays for the hyperactive ; Houseparties are sociable holidays too , but more for people who prefer unusual places , good company , a hefty novel , good food and perhaps just a dabble at watersports . |
| 13 | All this may seem quite enough to be going on with for ordinary mortals , but , amazingly , Muddle informs us ‘ Southwell is just a guinea-pig for Telford ’ . |
| 14 | Perhaps now , in the same way , Judith Cowan 's new range or work can also be effective in a climate which desperately seeks more than just a checklist of intention . |
| 15 | ‘ I dreamed that Thornfield was totally destroyed , just a heap of stones . |
| 16 | Just a heap of rubbish , hard to believe that there were over a hundred people living in there , is there ? |
| 17 | It 's a well-founded Dales village , mentioned in the Domesday Book , with a fascinating and somewhat turbulent , if bizarre history Cotherstone Castle , which loomed over the confluence of the rivers Tees and Balder , is now just a heap of rubble . |
| 18 | I mean I may have been being a bit naive as a general sort of , just a rep within NALGO , I 'm not I 'm not , although I 've had all the publicity , and yes I 'm , sometimes you do not the course . |
| 19 | ‘ Just a clutch of Britons getting together in a pub nothing to do with Langley . ’ |
| 20 | Julian Spalding , the director of Glasgow museums , says he did not want to ‘ create just a museum of Christianity , because that would be of limited appeal and too narrow in range . ’ |
| 21 | For fitness and energy , for keeping youthfully slim and attractive , you need Bile Beans — just a couple at bedtime . |
| 22 | MicroMuse Ltd , the Putney , London-based Sparcsystems builder turned systems integrator , is one of just a couple of UK firms distributing SunConnect 's SunNet Manager to other resellers and system integrators . |
| 23 | ‘ It was hard to believe the change you could see by moving just a couple of kilometres out of West Germany , one of the richest countries in the world . ’ |
| 24 | Just a couple of questions about JULIAN COPE : What happened to the album of TEARDROP EXPLODES B-sides that had the proposed title ‘ Christ Vs Warhol ’ ? |
| 25 | give your mum a cou just a couple of sticks . |
| 26 | Just a couple of ladies erm well it 's one lady , I think er the lady just helps her . |
| 27 | Surprisingly there were few other walkers around , just a couple of locals walking their dogs . |
| 28 | Alina scrambled up alongside , and found herself a rock just a couple of feet lower than his own . |
| 29 | He finally stopped when he was just a couple of feet away from her . |
| 30 | But she could n't think straight while Julius was standing just a couple of feet away ! |