Example sentences of "it [be] simply that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it were simply that it would hardly be convincing , would it ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's simply that we all thought it so unnecessary , Mr Barnett . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place . |
| 5 | It 's simply that I 'm not prepared to see him branded a fraud and a charlatan merely in order to prolong your receipt of them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's simply that you and I share a father . ’ |
| 8 | It 's simply that it is not by any means obvious how PR is supposed to deliver all these goodies . |
| 9 | It is simply that one is a more likely response for the middle-class housewife and one is more likely for her working-class sister . |
| 10 | For me , at least — and I think for most people who travel around this country for pleasure , that is , to see things — it is simply that one gets a greater depth of pleasure out of knowing the anatomy of a town and why it takes that particular form and not just its superficial features , however attractive they may be individually . |
| 11 | It is simply that their numbers were fewer and hence their overall impact appears less . |
| 12 | It is not repentance ; it is simply that they are scared for their skins and wish to save parliamentary seats in the general election . |
| 13 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 14 | This does not mean , however , that Elizabeth has no freedom of action at all ; it is simply that her actions must stay well within the bounds that society has placed on her . |
| 15 | Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it . |
| 16 | It is not that they are not capable of competing ; it is simply that there have been no great black performers in these areas in history ( due to lack of opportunities and facilities ) and no tradition exists . |
| 17 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
| 18 | It is simply that he is a married man , around 30 , with wife and children , a car , a mortgage ( ? ) etc. , etc . |
| 19 | It is simply that I was brought up in the East of Scotland and have lived in places whither the Orangemen walketh not , neither in triumph nor provocation . |
| 20 | ‘ It is simply that I have different ideas than the gentlemen who give places to men … . ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 22 | It is simply that it left us stranded . |
| 23 | If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride . |
| 24 | It was simply that we were shooting the picture down in Brighton on the front to a large extent and on the rubbish dump , I remember , which we turned into the fields of northern France , and we needed that terrible phrase from the First World War , cannon fodder . |
| 25 | No , it was simply that they could n't apply it . |
| 26 | Youthful confidence , I suppose , or perhaps it was simply that I felt I had no alternative , there was nothing else I could do . ’ |
| 27 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 28 | It was simply that he could think of no other way of prolonging her absence from him indefinitely . |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | 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 ? |