Example sentences of "with just a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His unexpected decision leaves the troubled Quakers with just a two-man board of directors . |
| 2 | Stirling , typically , was not content with just a small raid to prove the potential of his decimated force . |
| 3 | You will be listening to many of these as the election approaches as they are a wonderful invention of the broadcasting industry : a reporter stands alone with just a small tape recorder to protect him and leaps out in front of unsuspecting members of the public asking them an inane question . |
| 4 | Even with just a small balcony , a few steps or a tiny patio , your choice of containers is considerably enlarged , thereby increasing the amount of plants you can grow for pressing . |
| 5 | PENSIONER Olive Smith was run over by a train — and escaped with just a small head cut . |
| 6 | When she woke up that morning , with just a small hope in the corner of her heart , she found Patsy already awake , sitting upright in the old cot they still shared , his dark brown eyes shining with excitement from under his mop of brown hair . |
| 7 | With just a small tug she was off balance and pulled against him . |
| 8 | For example , if you feel like cheese on toast for lunch , rather than having a couple of slices of toast piled with cheese , have two slices of toast , one with just a moderate layer of cheese on top , and one with baked beans . |
| 9 | He lived and played and wrote and toured frenetically for the next couple of years , working night and day — with just a little help from Benzedrine , Methedrine , and anything else that would speed him up or slow him down . |
| 10 | WITH JUST A LITTLE THOUGHT AND PLANNING , YOUR GARDEN CAN BE THE PERFECT PLACE TO ENTERTAIN FRIENDS ON WARM EVENINGS . |
| 11 | And with a record of ‘ at least 60 per cent repeat business all the year round , including weekends ’ , the have definitely got the hospitality formula right … with just a little help from their friends ! |
| 12 | In the days before modern oceanography , the story would stop short at this point , with just a long , tenuous chain of widely-separated volcanic islands running down the middle of the Atlantic with no obvious connection between them . |
| 13 | With two on board the stall was extremely docile , with just a gentle nose down drop and a slight tendency to drop the port wing . |
| 14 | But the place he took me to after lunch , the Colegio Ponce de Leon , where I was supposed to have rooms , was a rather stark student hostel , and my little room was very small , with just a narrow bed , a table and a chair . |
| 15 | He was standing on the exposed rocks at the highest point of the headland ; the ground fell away steeply from here , mostly bare rock and scrub , with just a narrow shelf of land that was almost a beach down at the water 's edge . |
| 16 | The steel bars of the cage were enclosed by tarpaulin sheets to protect them from the elements , except for one side , which was open with just a simple lift bar to move before exit . |
| 17 | We 're witnessing the slow death of the 5.25-inch floppy : this is yet another machine supplied with just a 3.5-inch 1.44Mb floppy drive . |
| 18 | The justification for such bare-faced cheek is in the recorded sound , which even the most jaundiced critic would have to admit is strikingly vivid for its age , the piano sound clear and articulate , and the orchestral detail as immediate as the day it was recorded — perhaps even more so — with just a tiny hint of brassiness and a slight shortfall of orchestral power to give the game away . |
| 19 | Beware of those that do n't declare their contents ; some contain only cheap vegetable oils with just a tiny amount of fragrance . |
| 20 | I was at the Stanley Spencer exhibition in London earlier in the year , and there was one canvas with just a tiny bit started , the whole thing pencilled in . |
| 21 | The night was calm and warm with just a slight rustle of a breeze in the trees . |
| 22 | He succeeded and was left with just a slight hesitation in speech . |
| 23 | Then think of all the sounds that could be " suspect " with this sound , i.e. all the sounds that could vary from this sound with just a slight change of some of these features . |
| 24 | But when you start with just a basic structure , you must remember that there are certain things you 'll need to get the most out of it — both for you and your plants . |
| 25 | This is a very small sample of labouring class poetry in the eighteenth century , for as A. J. Sambrook observes with just a little exaggeration : ‘ … since the discovery in 1730 of Stephen Duck … hardly a year had passed without some peasant poet being brought forward and hailed as a ‘ natural genius ’ . ’ |
| 26 | The governors have power and responsibility , with just a little encouragement they can also become a most enthusiastic supporters club . |
| 27 | With just a little encouragement secondary schools will share their swimming pool , their mini-bus , laboratories and workshops and allow the primary school to tap into specialist knowledge and expertise . |
| 28 | It is symbolic of the attitude that injecting insulin need not be frightening or difficult and can be coped with by the patient from the very beginning , with just a little guidance . |
| 29 | Visibility was good with just a little light rain here and there . |
| 30 | They would sing Welsh songs together , she would take up the descant , he would make up verses with just a little edge to them . |