Example sentences of "just a [noun sg] of " 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 | Simon Clarke , 20 , with just a minute of first team experience behind him , has forced his way into West Ham 's squad for tonight 's FA Cup fourth round replay at Wrexham . |
| 3 | When the word , the words plural , that does not end in s , and there 's just a minority of cases , then it 's apostrophe followed by s . |
| 4 | Despite rising ten-fold over the past decade , the tax on company cars is still just a fraction of the true value of the perk ( see page 27 ) . |
| 5 | He pointed out to us , quite rightly , that the celebrated ‘ Destruction of the Country House ’ exhibition had illustrated just a fraction of Welsh losses and no extensive record of demolished country houses in the principality had ever been published . |
| 6 | The individual duration of one man 's life spans just a fraction of a cosmic second in these dense , material vibrations . |
| 7 | Ellen paused for just a fraction of a second before she answered , ‘ Yes ; yes , I suppose it would . ’ |
| 8 | He hesitated just a fraction of a second before saying , ‘ Well … well , yes . |
| 9 | Just a fraction of the fascinating collection sold by Christie 's . |
| 10 | Today , many of the broads are just a fraction of their former size . |
| 11 | Some of these figures resulted from litigants pressing the church into action , but as a record of defiance , and presumably as just a fraction of total excommunications in those years , they are unquestionably revealing . |
| 12 | If I can get just a fraction of this spooky atmosphere into my drawings , then they 'll be perfect . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ In 1992 , only 15 days per 1,000 employees were lost through strikes , less than half of that in 1991 , which itself was a very good year , and just a fraction of what it was in the late 1980s . |
| 14 | The difference between two dead men and two slightly bent aeroplanes was just a fraction of a second . |
| 15 | Whereas some areas have a per capita income level well above the EC average , there simultaneously exist areas which have just a fraction of that average . |
| 16 | Just a fraction of this , just a fraction of this money directed towards our children and their services would help enormously |
| 17 | Just a fraction of this , just a fraction of this money directed towards our children and their services would help enormously |
| 18 | But for farmer Charles Peers the amount of straw he can sell is just a fraction of what 's left over after each field is harvested . |
| 19 | Just a fraction of the household and commercial waste that comes in to the landfill site at Oakley Wood in Oxfordshire every day . |
| 20 | In this year 's ITV shake-up Central secured its regional franchise for just a fraction of the price paid by most of its rivals . |
| 21 | It is feared the number of registered drug misusers is just a fraction of the true amount . |
| 22 | Statistically the chemical industry is responsible for just a fraction of dioxin ‘ production ’ from combustion with domestic fires accounting for a much larger chunk . |
| 23 | What , just a fraction of a degree above absolute zero ? |
| 24 | Fitch 's arrival — and that of next-door neighbours DEGW — is perhaps just a harbinger of what 's to come . |
| 25 | He continued to look her up and down , with no evidence of warmth at what he saw but just a tightening of the hard lips and that aloof dark stare she had already witnessed . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | erm the river is , is erm just a bed of sand most of the year |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The crews are mostly ‘ medical assistants , ’ which means possessing more than just a knowledge of first aid . |
| 30 | This is just a sample of the papers trawled from one journal during one month . |