Example sentences of "[adj] is just the tip [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | She said she was ‘ not prepared to go to jail for that ungrateful woman ’ and told ANC intelligence officers : ‘ This is just the tip of the iceberg . |
2 | Litter disfigures the countryside and contributes to pollution , but this is just the tip of the environmental iceberg . |
3 | There is a selection of books listed at the end of this book , but this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
4 | And this is just the tip of the iceberg — the accident iceberg , that is . |
5 | At a total cost to local Charge payers of around twenty thousand , some people may think such civic junketing has been terribly excessive but the truth is , Lord Mayor , that this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
6 | But that is just the tip of the iceberg . |