Example sentences of "simply [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the actors interviewed seemed to feel , and state quite naturally and simply that there was really nothing else for them to do but act . |
| 2 | A much more likely explanation of Libet 's findings is simply that all experiences are delayed relative to the stimulus causing them , so that synchronous external events produce synchronous experiences . |
| 3 | The point is simply that the account of mental processes which folk psychology provides , constitutes an explanation at an appropriate level of abstraction for the purposes of explaining behaviour scientifically . |
| 4 | My view about the Matsushita response is simply that the Japanese higher education system generally requires knowledge of English , which seems at odds with the Technics explanation . |
| 5 | The genius of the Council of Chalcedon , in saying that Jesus is one person in both divine and human natures , was that it denied that the incarnation implied anything about the nature of God ( the meaning of ‘ God ’ ) , asserting simply that God , the mystery of Creation , is become a human being — not a divine kind of human being but a human kind of human being . |
| 6 | Therefore , the existence of atrocity stories on subjects such as this does not of itself reveal that this work is emotionally undemanding ; simply that this is one impression that the story is intended to convey . |
| 7 | The implications of the title were simply that an organisation had extended its activities beyond exporting to consider markets distinct from its own domestic market . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The definition of camp is as elusive as the sensibility itself , one reason being simply that there are different kinds of camp . |
| 10 | Fforde 's error ( and Eccleshall makes the same mistake ) is simply that the ‘ orthodoxy ’ which Dicey and his friends in the LPDL espoused was not Conservatism but classical mid-Victorian Liberalism . |
| 11 | It was not simply that London Films had registered a loss of £330,000 for the fiscal year 1936 . |
| 12 | Unfortunately for IBM , its problems are not simply that it has too many staff . |
| 13 | People abandoned hope that things would get better , fearing simply that change at the top would mean change at the bottom — for the worse . |
| 14 | In anyone 's book that is failure of some magnitude , but the fact for English cricket was simply that there were very few players of real Test class around at the time ; after all , when Mike Gatting , one of the best of the county captains , got his chance he won only twice in twenty-two Tests . |
| 15 | Sometimes she said simply that she did not know when he would be back and dropped the phone . |
| 16 | Was it possible that the letter had been written simply that Aunt Louise might use it as use it she had ? |
| 17 | There was nothing the matter with him , simply that he did not thrive . |
| 18 | All the information about an object is stored on the computer within what is called a hierarchical database , meaning simply that the information is broken down from broad categories such as ‘ geography ’ into more specific ones such as ‘ continent ’ , ‘ country ’ , ‘ region ’ and so on . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The core of the problem is simply that the judiciary is the creature of the legal profession . |
| 21 | It 's simply that people need to see their leaders and would feel hurt if they believed themselves forgotten . |
| 22 | It was simply that most people , while wanting the ends , preferred to walk away from the means : especially when they were distasteful , and most especially when they failed . |
| 23 | Moreover , that assumption was to some extent reinforced by the official ideology of The Green Book : it is not simply that parties were forbidden and elections arranged in such a way that people had no policy grounds for voting one way or another . |
| 24 | Others say simply that market forces must prevail . |
| 25 | Perhaps the enormity of what he was doing got to him — the difference , perhaps between hardened professional and gifted amateur — or perhaps it was simply that the holes became too tough for him . |
| 26 | The sentiment expressed in the phrase is simply that a strong EC should lay these foundations for the whole continent . |
| 27 | The second reason for the constancy is simply that the ocean is heated from above , by the Sun . |
| 28 | On the other hand , a Club with a low rating for children 's facilities , for example , does not necessarily mean it is unsuitable for all families , simply that it is likely to have fewer facilities for children . |
| 29 | ‘ The most disturbing feature of the underground repository is not simply that an accident might occur , ’ he said at the time , ‘ but that if it did , we might never know until its consequences reached the surface — maybe decades later . ’ |
| 30 | Or it could be simply that there had n't yet been a serious British accident . |