Example sentences of "just the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pointing to social institutions that are empirically recognizable is a refreshing change in Althusser 's style but it is not just the identification of the institutions that is important . |
| 2 | No , just the rebirth of brilliance . |
| 3 | Add more until just the thickness of the slabs remains |
| 4 | There was no look of surprise , just the nod of a deaf man trying to give the impression he can hear . |
| 5 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 6 | ‘ Just the knowledge of each other 's being there is great even though we are scattered . |
| 7 | He went out , but there was nothing there , just the rest of the dogs on their chains . |
| 8 | The code of military behaviour had come to permeate the whole world of knightly behaviour , not just the field of battle . |
| 9 | Inside the box , with just the top of the barrel showing , was a single-barrelled shotgun . |
| 10 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 11 | Just the sight of the wonderfully decadent Anna Carteret spitting verbal venom is worth the price of admission . |
| 12 | Just the sight of him , his height and the strength she had gauged so intimately , and his darkness , emphasised by the light colours of his casual clothing , provoked the yearning , that molten clamouring throb of hidden flesh , with the anguished clenching of her heart its emotional counterpart . |
| 13 | Just the sight of him made her go weak , ache , and the thought of never seeing him again , never being able to touch him , was a twisting pain in her heart . |
| 14 | Just the sight of the stamp had been enough to set her heart beating uneasily and she had to fight down the urge to put off reading the words someone had written to her . |
| 15 | Immediately after it had happened just the sight of any man , even kind Uncle Orrin , had been enough to make her feel faint , and nauseous . |
| 16 | I close my eyes ; just the sight of her is riling me . |
| 17 | Just the sight of Hong Kong 's skyscrapers and sophisticated city lights made the very last traces of that trust vanish into thin air . |
| 18 | A flow of records ensued , including a posthumous Sid Vicious album , Sid Sings , and sundry repackagings of those few songs which the group had actually recorded , wringing the cash cow dry , as Richard Branson later pointed out with some irony , ‘ in just the spirit of the Swindle Malcolm had always talked about ’ . |
| 19 | In fact , the article seems to conclude that the women 's movement is alive and well : it 's just the concept of feminism that 's expired . |
| 20 | When I went there in 1987 , after my journey to Auschwitz , it seemed somehow facile , an instrument of propaganda that used the horror of what happened in Auschwitz and Treblinka and all the other camps to justify not just the existence of Israel but all that Israel has done since . |
| 21 | Access requires more than just the existence of possibilities . |
| 22 | ‘ There is no common denominator — it 's just the pace of the game nowadays . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And it 's not just the pace of the serves that does it , it 's also the fact that they go so close to the line . ’ |
| 24 | Shallow alcoves can be used for yet more narrow shelves just the depth of one can or bottle or for mounting a magnetic knife-rack ; awkward spaces , say between stove and storage cabinets , can be used for trays . |
| 25 | Yes , you have to dig down as far as you can to get the roots in properly but , you know , it should be just the depth of one spade , so most people ought to be able to dig a hole that size . |
| 26 | The economics of maintaining a safe environment are not just the concern of government for , through taxation , individuals contribute to the national purse . |
| 27 | Just the thought of it made him feel unclean . |
| 28 | He played a very happy part in my childhood and just the thought of him makes me smile even today . |
| 29 | Now , just the thought of travel by water |
| 30 | It was n't what it said , I mean I 've read books and heard jokes just as bad , it was just the thought of Mummy getting it . |