Example sentences of "just a [noun] of [noun sg] " 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 | Statistically the chemical industry is responsible for just a fraction of dioxin ‘ production ’ from combustion with domestic fires accounting for a much larger chunk . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | erm the river is , is erm just a bed of sand most of the year |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | No envelope either , just a slip of paper , folded in two , containing a brief typewritten message . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Just a heap of rubbish , hard to believe that there were over a hundred people living in there , is there ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Seventy per cent of it is going into farmer 's pockets , right , even on goods like m m manufactured goods , we pay V A T on er manufactured goods and that V A T pays for our contribution to the European Community and most of that contribution , about seventy per cent of it , goes to farmers tt erm , right so the next economic costs to European Community right are fourteen point nine billion alright that 's the size of the dead weight loss that 's the inefficiency right , of agricultural support right , losing fifteen billion dollars a year , right , just going down the er , the Swanny okay Just a couple of point just before we er before we close . |
| 12 | Just a couple of detail points erm why have you seen a fall in your depreciation charge and an increase in ? |
| 13 | Until then hot breakfast is just a bowl of porridge with a banana , followed by some fruit as a morning snack and a filled chunk of French stick and yoghurt for lunch . |
| 14 | and that was just a bowl of soup and a , a roll |
| 15 | The solar challenge is not just a test of speed … of brain … it 's also a trial of stamina and survival … you see come five o clock … the cars have to stop … wherever they are and that means a night camping in the bush … good fun for the Brits … |
| 16 | Just a lady of leisure . |
| 17 | Vic said he thought two camps were a good idea because there would have been two originally and it would psychologically prepare the Indians for playing their ancestors , which I said was just a rationalisation of elitism . |
| 18 | However , even in this context ( in the same way as in the case of joint-stock companies ) it must be borne in mind that a share certificate in Hungary ( like in many continental countries ) is not just a certificate of membership in a limited company but a marketable security , property which may be transferred in case of bearer shares by delivery and by endorsement in case of registered shares . |
| 19 | Having been to confession and passed through ‘ the wall of fire ’ , Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope , ‘ the suggestion about an orgy of egoism turns out , like all the Enemy propaganda , to have just a grain of truth in it , but I have no doubt that the proper method of dealing with that is as I intend to do , to continue the practice . |
| 20 | ‘ Unless you know how to use it , ’ she sighed , ‘ a Scrabble game is just a boxful of junk . ’ |
| 21 | By nature , it is wet and that 's , that 's just a feature of water . |
| 22 | It is true that today 's speakers , not knowing the origins of generic he , may regard it as just a feature of grammar . |
| 23 | we captured them , great laugh about that , really is , its just a , its just a weekend of piss up basically . |
| 24 | There was more to it than just a change of style . |
| 25 | The last three decades of the nineteenth century in Britain were to see a similar move on the part of the working class , desirous of experiencing the benefit of sea air and sea water , the chance of amusement and relaxation from their work , or just a change of scene from the grim tenements and back-to-back houses in which they lived , and the mills and factories in which they toiled . |
| 26 | ‘ And just a word of warning on that score . |
| 27 | I think yes , I think you two have some sort of arrangement to take other lovers when you feel the need , but just a word of warning , querida . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll have a whisky with just a dash of water . ’ |
| 29 | The only ingredients used in the brewing of Guinness are malted Irish barley for its special sugars , roast barley for the ruby tint , hops for that familiar bitter flavour , yeast to ensure the creamy head , and just a soupçon of genius to guarantee the Guinness . |
| 30 | Raising the question in the European Parliament of why wind power had been consistently misrepresented , Welsh MEP Llewellyn Smith , said : " we all know that this is not just a question of wave energy but about protecting the nuclear industry by discrediting other sources of energy " . |