Example sentences of "a [noun] [is] simply [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tag is simply a marker of the grammatical category ( e.g. NN may indicate that a word is a common noun , PN that it is a pronoun ) . |
| 2 | A template is simply a part-finished document file , a copy of which is opened automatically leaving the original unchanged . |
| 3 | Often a president is simply a head of state with few , if any , powers ( like the British monarch ) and the system of government is , in fact , parliamentary . |
| 4 | A stroke is simply a unit of recognition . |
| 5 | The alternative is a gene's-eye view , suggested by Samuel Butler 's famous remark that a chicken is simply the egg 's way of producing another egg , and developed in a modern context in Richard Dawkins 's book , The Selfish Gene . |
| 6 | A cutting is simply a length of stem top growth — with some plants it is a soft-tissue tip , with others a more mature hard-wood section — which , when inserted into soil or a suitable growing medium , and sometimes helped and encouraged by the presence of artificial hormones , will fight for life by producing roots , and so grow into a new individual plant . |
| 7 | Removing a cistern is simply a case of undoing the inlet and overflow pipes , which are connected to the cistern with large brass or plastic nuts . |
| 8 | One reason which can be given for this is the claim that a head is simply a functionary and that his or her views and judgements have to be variable for the sake of other people . |
| 9 | A sample is simply a group of individuals selected from a much larger group . |
| 10 | ( A locus is simply the location of a gene on a chromosome . ) |
| 11 | In LIFESPAN , therefore , a module is simply an administrative unit . |
| 12 | But this does not mean that adopting a register is simply a matter of choosing . |
| 13 | A syllabus is simply an inert specification . |
| 14 | But the Reverend Sawyer says in though times any worshipper one who give less that three pounds a week is simply a burden of everyone else . |
| 15 | In Book I , Chapter 3 , Section 3 of his A System of Logic ( written before he had decided that a quality is simply a sensation regarded in a certain relation ) he distinguishes between a sensation and a quality , a distinction which , he feels , may be missed because we can seldom refer to the sensation otherwise than by a circumlocution , for example , by reference to the quality , as when we call a sensation ‘ the sensation of white ’ . |
| 16 | A crystal grows , to be sure , but each part of a crystal is simply a repetition of every other part ; the same monotonous pattern of atoms , repeated over and over . |
| 17 | A grammar is simply a declarative statement of what forms a valid sentence . |
| 18 | A Will is simply a clear statement about how your money and possessions are to be divided when you die . |
| 19 | It is a common misconception that a word is simply a contiguous sequence of letters . |
| 20 | In this case , the stylistic promiscuity of an Ian Pollard or a Nash is simply an exceptionally accurate reflection of their culture . |
| 21 | A database is simply a collection of information , factual or bibliographic , numerical or alphabetic , and textual or graphic . |
| 22 | A path is simply a set of instructions like that , but you do n't have to type a long string of commands to do the job . |
| 23 | Today a player is simply a pawn , part of a highly organised unit working to a manager 's predetermined set of tactics . |
| 24 | After all , a market is simply a place in which property rights are exchanged . |