Example sentences of "just a [adj] example " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got no , I 've got no innate ability and if you try to teach me , would it be any use ? just a stupid example . |
| 2 | That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper . |
| 3 | There was little banner-waving or rhetoric , just a classic example of polite English stubbornness — complete with children , dogs , prams and united linked arms . |
| 4 | This ‘ Gish ’ out-take is no earth-shattering pop classic , just a steely example of sweaty-fingered , control-freak intelligent-metal , and it still sounds eight to ten times superior to the Brit stuff that surrounds it in this week 's pile of singles . |
| 5 | Eh well that was just a fucking example ! |
| 6 | For him , the " Panopticon principle " ( p 216 ) should be regarded as more than just a particular example of ingenuity in architectural design ; rather : " … it was an event in the " history of the human mind " . |
| 7 | Silicon-based life would have to be very different from ‘ life as we know it ’ ; to take just a single example , whereas we exhale carbon dioxide , an oxygen-oriented silicon lifeform would perforce have to exhale silicon dioxide ( silica ) — a painful experience ! |