Example sentences of "just the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | it might also be necessary to include more acceptances than just the minimal ones in order to accommodate this type of distinction . |
2 | Nothing traumatic happened ; there were just the ordinary ups and downs which would naturally have occurred in the life of a humble family striving to make a reasonable living in a somewhat precarious way . |
3 | And not just the ordinary version you see today , but the rarely encountered Hanoverian version . |
4 | UEFA ARE ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European super league , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
5 | UEFA are ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European Super League , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
6 | He said , ‘ I want you to mix my live album — ‘ David Live' ’ , so off I went to New York and we did very few overdubs , basically just the backing vocals , because the backing vocals were done by Warren Peace which is Geoffrey McCormack in disguise , and some other bloke , whose mane I ca n't remember , and as they were dancing all the time the backing vocals were rather breathless , so we had to dub them again in the recording studio . |
7 | Micro Systems Maintenance , one of the country 's larger maintenance companies , says it will cover all your peripherals as well as just the bog-standard PC . |
8 | Just the splendid staircase leading up to the three doorways at the entrance and above that the tall windows of the first floor gallery , all open to the sky , gazing on emptiness . |
9 | In sardonic undertones , the guide- lines suggest ‘ the part-timer is unlikely to be happy given just the undesirable work that no one else wants to do ’ and ‘ should not be made to feel obliged to work extra hours . ’ |
10 | And it 's not just the dizzying development and the smell of money that pervades the downtown area . |
11 | There was just the clumsy pushing , prodding . |
12 | Just the occasional twinge , that 's all . ’ |
13 | Fortunately the shelling had ceased with just the occasional mortar burst close at hand when the Duty Officer made his rounds at ‘ stand-to' ’ . |
14 | The conversation goes well , and we progress confidently along a tightrope of loose connections , with just the occasional wobble . |
15 | COMPARED to Wednesday 's winter blizzards , which had reduced the first day to 27 instead of 36 holes , the conditions for the Peter McEvoy Trophy at Copt Heath yesterday were wonderful — icy winds and leaden skies with just the occasional hint of a watery sun . |
16 | The cloudy conditions will persist through the evening and overnight with just the occasional spot of drizzle , mainly over the hills . |
17 | Secondly , this study aimed to discover as much as possible of the information which is potentially available to drivers , not just the occasional item of particular interest . |
18 | You can see from the sequence that cloud has spread over most of the region today , with just the occasional break letting the sun shine through . |
19 | Local fish always carry parasites — not just the external ones which may respond to treatment , but internal ones such as tapeworms . |
20 | At last there were just the external walls to be given a final coat of white paint . |
21 | Just the essential points — not an essay ! |
22 | But it is not just the current interest rate that affects people 's expectations of the future direction of interest rates . |
23 | That it turned out to be neither was because of Father McGiff 's discovery that there was more to Time 's perfidy than just the simple ruse of slowing him down . |
24 | Just the simple line and the skies above . |
25 | No calculated glances , no abrupt addresses , no stratagems , just the easy politeness , he thought , of the worldly gentleman and not even a sly request for a hot stone or a late candle to his room . |
26 | But that 's just the easy explanation . |
27 | This is designed to test the feasibility of extending fundholding to cover all services and not just the limited range of services at present included — which represents only about 20% of services purchased from providers . |
28 | The short-lived benefits from the 1967 devaluation and the persistence of poor economic performance after the floating of sterling in 1972 , demonstrate not just the limited effect of devaluation but rather suggest that exchange rate difficulties are symptomatic of more fundamental problems [ National Institute , 1972 ] . |
29 | I 'm gon na do it for everybody , not just the joint management . |
30 | We , of course , went outside to see if we could see anything , not really expecting to ; there was nothing to suggest the passage of a train , just the cool night air and the distant sound of night life , nothing to prove or disprove the eerie sounds we had heard so clearly . |