Example sentences of "be simply that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sentiment expressed in the phrase is simply that a strong EC should lay these foundations for the whole continent . |
| 2 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |
| 3 | For others the trouble is simply that a concert ‘ lacks visuals . |
| 4 | In more mundane language , what we are saying is simply that a movement to a point along x could be executed in two steps , one along x and then another along y . |
| 5 | In many historical accounts , it is stated that late ME [ a ] developed into [ ae ] in the early seventeenth century ( it does not matter here what date is cited ; what is important is simply that a relatively exact date is cited ) . |
| 6 | It is simply that a feature , which seemed prominent in the stereotype , may appear insignificant in the performance , and vice versa . |
| 7 | It is simply that a permissive culture which makes increasingly fewer demands on the egos and superegos of its citizens where self-restraint , postponement of gratification and drive-inhibition in general are concerned must — unless it is to dissolve in anarchy — abrogate those restraining , controlling and inhibiting functions to itself and to its agencies of social control . |
| 8 | It was simply that a bottle of brandy , even of the kind intended only for the kitchen ( by which I do n't mean something not fit to drink , I mean something one prefers not to drink ) , somehow always turns out in fact to have been drunk by somebody just when it is needed for cooking and has n't been replaced , while whisky is a supply which is more or less automatically re-ordered as soon as it runs out . |
| 9 | Binding was the second most frequent reason for the non-availability of material , and — since the most frequent reason was simply that a requested item was already in use — it was the main reason which could be considered as in some measure attributable to the Library 's own procedures . |