Example sentences of "that simply [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in Northern Ireland , the districts are best thought of as the lower tier in a system that simply lacks a democratically elected higher level of local government . |
| 2 | This work , it is true , was largely conducted in the belief that simply gathering information alone would eventually lead to an understanding of the brain , but the fact remains that we now have an impressive body of evidence against which to evaluate the new theories that are emerging . |
| 3 | And the culmination of the production of some financial information that simply enables you to ensure that you can meet those goals in that coming year if you choose to do so . |
| 4 | One recalls the disease of indifference in the abandoned ‘ At Tikhon 's ’ chapter and observes how odd its symptoms are ; or one quotes Stavrogin 's notebook rejoinder that simply to live is the hardest thing of all . |
| 5 | All of the Italian versions of this tale make the lady the dupe , the victim of the male lover 's ruse , prostituting herself for money that simply circulates from the husband to the wife via the lover . |
| 6 | That must vary from individual to individual and there is no need to say that simply to hold these views ( if one believes them to be the revealed will of God ) is in itself misogynist . |
| 7 | Even if you are not prepared to reject this form for professional accountability , as Sockett does , you might feel that simply holding the teacher responsible for the results contravenes natural justice . |
| 8 | He found he could no longer hide behind a naive love , a sensuous world of uncomplex bohemia and he was drawn , still yearning for past ignorance , not up or down , but along to a state of affairs that simply put he could not cope with . |
| 9 | The fact that the donor is better off , because the recipient demands more of the good , makes a grant that changes prices better than one that simply changes income for the donee . |
| 10 | It had occurred to him that simply to refuse to discuss his movements would have led Erica inevitably to his real job . |
| 11 | But for the true enthusiasts that simply heightened the sense of anticipation . |
| 12 | It was a pogrom against New York Jews , said Mr Giuliani — a daft remark that simply suited his purposes by provoking another row over what really happened . |
| 13 | He tried making snowballs as he had in Britain only to find that in these low temperatures he was left with a handful of flour-like snow that simply blew away when he threw it . |
| 14 | One might have suspected them of being adverbs that simply lacked the ordinary morphological marking , as in : ( 12 ) Grandmother took the corner too fast However , one can conclusively show that this is not so by finding examples where the predicate qualifiers fill a position which can also be occupied by a true adverb ; here we observe that the effect is strikingly different . |
| 15 | Unfortunately Paul Taylor 's Oz displayed far too much of the Taylor whimsy , a brand of humour that simply does not cross the Atlantic . |
| 16 | A new type of knowledge , Said contends , must be produced that can analyse plural objects as such rather than offering forms of integrated understanding that simply comprehend them within totalizing schemas . |
| 17 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 18 | In my opinion that simply involves that the payment was voluntary if no improper pressure was brought to bear , and involuntary if it was . |
| 19 | There is no doubt that some worksheets are simply banal , and it may be these that have given them a bad name — especially the quiz type that simply ask " How many ? " or " What ? " |
| 20 | The Miller letter shows that , at present , there is little chance of a resolution being put to Congress that simply mimics the language of the UN Security Council resolution of November 29th . |
| 21 | The results show that simply conjoining characters with and serves to facilitate plural reference relative to the ‘ with ’ condition , although this tendency is only a relative facilitation : under no condition does the proportion of plural reference get as high as 60% . |
| 22 | At the other end of the scale there are the particle feeders , static animals such as burrowing marine worms and other bottom-dwelling aquatic creatures that simply sit and sift the plentiful detritus that sinks to the bed of seas and lakes . |
| 23 | Waste no time on preliminaries : you score no marks for writing out the question — that simply wastes time . |
| 24 | ‘ We accept that simply earning more will not make referees better but we still believe we are among the poor relations of Europe , ’ added Deakin . |
| 25 | Also known as Fachen , Fachin , or the Diereach , this evil monster from Scotland is so ugly that simply looking upon one could result in death from heart failure . |
| 26 | And he also suggests that simply policing budgets will not solve the problem either , since the basic motivation is not undermined and , in the absence of market mechanisms , financial monitors have no way of knowing when the waste has actually been eliminated . |
| 27 | It appeared to be heavily used and had a large , sandy carpark that simply begged to be searched . |
| 28 | Once or twice they followed a track that simply petered out , as though it had never been ; but always , when they returned they found the path she should have chosen was the path the man with the staff had been down before them . |
| 29 | He tried to persuade Dawn to ‘ take a run at her throws ’ , despite her protestations that simply standing up and walking required constant mental effort on her part . |
| 30 | They have identified that simply putting in more services may not be in itself sufficient to maintain a situation if motivation is lacking . |