Example sentences of "it simply [vb past] that " in BNC.

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1 In many cases , perhaps , it simply meant that clergy and people were equally barbarous .
2 It simply said that my father had died : it asked me to come home .
3 To John Calvin , among others , it simply proved that God had pre-destined some to eternal salvation and some to eternal damnation before they were born .
4 It simply declared that the government 's two aims were , first , ‘ to afford a separate dwelling for every family which desires to have one ’ , and , second , ‘ to provide for the rapid completion of the slum clearance and overcrowding programmes ’ .
5 It simply stated that Mr. Cox was a long term member of the Communist Party and prominent in C.N.D. and that it was desired to investigate his activities to ascertain whether the Communist Party was manipulating C.N.D. in a clandestine way .
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