Example sentences of "it [is] simply a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dare say it 's simply a case of getting one Monday mixed with another . |
| 2 | Then it 's simply a case of filling them with whatever you want . |
| 3 | Really with very few exceptions it 's simply a bit of harmless fun . |
| 4 | Sometimes , it 's simply a question of somewhere safe to go after school while parents are working . |
| 5 | But he said figures showed that international traffickers were targeting this country as never before , and ‘ it 's simply a question of time ’ before that fed through to the streets . |
| 6 | It 's simply a question of first come first served , so if you 're coming by yourself I should stake your claim now . |
| 7 | ‘ Everything 's a rush job , ’ he said suavely , ‘ but it 's simply a question of priorities . |
| 8 | So we need , it 's simply a question of pulling in on the reasons for this , if it 's maternity , it 's suspension , it gives us much more understanding than simply globally assuming everybody who 's away is sick . |
| 9 | The boat 's on its side in the water and you 're nowhere to be seen but in fact it 's all quite straightforward , neither the boat nor you can sink and it 's simply a question of pulling the boat back upright again and carrying on sailing . |
| 10 | It 's simply a matter of beauty . |
| 11 | It 's simply a matter of waking up their souls . ’ |
| 12 | He does not say ‘ It 's simply a matter of showing their souls ’ or ‘ bringing out their souls ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's simply a matter of waking up their souls . ’ |
| 14 | But do n't worry , I 'm not going to get academic here ( as if I could ! ) ; research is possible by many methods and it 's simply a matter of what you fancy doing . |
| 15 | It 's simply a matter of micro-technology . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's simply a matter of courtesy . |
| 17 | At its most basic , it 's simply a matter of typing a bit of text here and there — each text string is treated as an object — and placing any graphics you might want to include . |
| 18 | It 's simply a matter of arranging things with the catering staff . ’ |
| 19 | If it 's simply a matter of producing a vehicle which uses less fuel , however , the electric car , surprisingly , does not really offer any advantages over petrol cars . |
| 20 | In any case , it 's not a cantering or galloping exercise , it 's simply a walk among the ewes to make sure there are no lambing troubles or cast sheep . ’ |
| 21 | Well actually pottery is covered in a thin layer of glass , so that when your pot is dipped into the glazed solution , it 's simply a suspension of silicone in water which ride on the surface , to leave a powder , which is really finely ground up sand , when you put that into the kiln to fire at a higher temperature it mystifies it , it turns into glass , now it 's |
| 22 | It is simply a reflection of the incidence of disability and is not due to any unduly favourable treatment by the social security system . |
| 23 | It is simply a measure of the energy supplied by any food or drink . |
| 24 | It is simply a question of what sort of world we wish to inhabit — one of predictability , or one where the outcome is unknown to us and thus includes an element of self-exploration . |
| 25 | We have completed a great deal and the team knows exactly how a thing must be done , so it is simply a question of completing the sequence , designing our record packaging , and also seeing how the market is developing for the video players and monitors . |
| 26 | Our bodies already use the muscles required to walk , so it is simply a question of increasing the duration and then the intensity of our walking in order to build up to the fitness level that we require . |
| 27 | This is relatively simple , because it is simply a question of working out whether , and if so how , you can accommodate the two conferences . |
| 28 | A RECORD number of 16-year-olds will stay on at schools and colleges next month — but for many it is simply a way of avoiding the dole queue . |
| 29 | The other interesting thing you would find about vocabulary and treatment between the tabloids and the Independent is the Independent has a policy of very little coverage of the Royal Family and I suspect that other than a paragraph or a sentence or two of introduction , that those four paragraphs at the foot of the page are simply the text of her speech courtiers and media blamed as the Princess retreats from public life , I suspect that you will find that that is not a story , it is simply a statement of fact and an actual reprint of the text of her speech . |
| 30 | Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions . |