Example sentences of "be simply that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's simply that he wants to create a better atmosphere , and show that after all he 's a reasonable man , and we should n't be too hard on him in these days . |
| 2 | " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place . |
| 3 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 4 | The answer is simply that they enjoyed it . |
| 5 | So where , as in Morgan , defendants claim that they believed the woman was consenting , because her husband ( who was present ) had told them that she enjoyed a struggle , their case is simply that they lacked the fault element required for the crime . |
| 6 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 7 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 8 | Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it . |
| 9 | The problem with the ATTRIB command is simply that you need to replace the \ between the -h and c : \etc. by a space i.e. c : \DOS>attrib -r -s -h c : \lite\pcprobe \*; * |
| 10 | For many people the biggest problem with using a computer is simply that you have to type something on the keyboard to achieve anything at all . |
| 11 | One is simply that you do n't need to have made a record or done anything very much except earned a local reputation as a watchable band playing original material . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
| 13 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 14 | ‘ It is simply that I have different ideas than the gentlemen who give places to men … . ’ . |
| 15 | The reason many directors resist starting a pension scheme is simply that it takes money out of the business for example , for expansion . |
| 16 | If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride . |
| 17 | It is simply that it left us stranded . |
| 18 | The interest of UE is simply that it follows Gaius , and keeps to the basic wordings . |
| 19 | As Institute president Ian Plaistowe said very wisely in his letter to the Financial Times , we should work towards recording similar events in similar ways ; my point was simply that we do not want to record different things in similar ways , and that is where judgment will come in : for example , some securitisations are valid , others not . |
| 20 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 21 | Youthful confidence , I suppose , or perhaps it was simply that I felt I had no alternative , there was nothing else I could do . ’ |
| 22 | But she knew it was n't an increase in affection — it was simply that he represented safety . |
| 23 | It was simply that he had begun to fear we had arranged this with Flora : as if , in his mind , he could hear her saying , oh yes , what a splendid idea , I shall be bored with young Adam by Fez … |
| 24 | Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well , being new to it , and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways ? |