Example sentences of "[adv] simply [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand it is not enough simply to say that Libyans were inconsistent because they could not change their ideas fast enough to keep up with their changing society . |
| 2 | It was enough simply to know that otters were out there somewhere . |
| 3 | It is made clear that this does not simply mean that each school must offer such a curriculum ; each individual pupil must take it up . |
| 4 | But uneven development does not simply mean that types and quantities of physical and social phenomena vary from place to place . |
| 5 | Such arguments were not simply suggesting that criminal statistics were ‘ biased ’ . |
| 6 | We do not suggest that discourse analysts should spend their time looking for potential alternative meanings in what speakers say in a conversation , but we do suggest that the analyst should not simply assume that there is a single , static ‘ topic of conversation ’ in any conversational fragment . |
| 7 | Since we can not simply assume that the results from one bilingual setting must apply to all others too , we shall study two widely differing groups of bilingual children in the UK . |
| 8 | This is not simply to say that emotions are expressed , but that emotions are reformed , cleansed , redirected and redeemed . |
| 9 | If we observe , for example , a sow confined to a stall we can not simply conclude that she is distressed without asking her rather more subtle questions . |
| 10 | He knows that Grampian regional council is bound by statute to say how much it got from the sale ; it can not simply say that it will not tell anyone . |
| 11 | He must not simply say that there will be professional advisers . |
| 12 | It makes it clear that a shopkeeper who sells cigarettes to young people can not simply say that he did not know that he was doing so . |
| 13 | In addition , being termed ‘ skilled ’ often simply means that the worker is carrying out a job traditionally performed by someone who has undertaken an apprenticeship and is therefore a craft worker by training . |
| 14 | But many Japanese companies ' strategy is now simply to pray that the yen will fall in this fiscal year . |
| 15 | The negative sign here simply means that the signal voltage is inverted between the input and output , that is , a small sinusoidal signal voltage is shifted in phase by 180° between the input and output . |
| 16 | Bush has made it plain that US forces are there simply to ensure that relief gets through to those who need it , although it might help more if the troops sorted out the renegade gangs stealing the food . |
| 17 | We can indeed simply say that the statement that a particular rule is valid means that it satisfies all the criteria provided by the rule of recognition … |