Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] simply do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect that the Labour party simply did not understand when it drew up its policy that everyone would pay more national insurance contributions in a single week if they earned above one fifty second of statutory UEL . |
| 2 | Anyone who has listened to a cat purring , using a stethoscope , will agree that when strongly amplified in this way , the purring sound simply does not have the quality of resonating blood turbulence . |
| 3 | Magical effects directed into the Black Pit simply do n't operate , but no Magic Points are expended if an attempt is made . |
| 4 | The greatest unfairness , she thought , was that the women who could afford to buy the beautiful clothes simply did not do them justice , while she , who showed them off so well , had to save for weeks , even given her staff discount , for the most modestly priced item . |
| 5 | Further , there are so many instances of what I call ‘ partial mens rea offences ’ , that is crimes in which mens rea runs to some but not all of the elements in the actus reus , that the alleged principle simply does not square with the data . |
| 6 | The two things simply do n't add up . ’ |
| 7 | The third client simply did not like the support worker and she was withdrawn fairly quickly . |