Example sentences of "simply by [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , simply by being there the new governor will add a little stability to Arizona 's politics . |
| 2 | If you are really fond of her , then you know that you will both give each other pleasure simply by being together for a while , but you must be prepared to give much more of yourself to the conduct of those few hours than you probably would in other social circumstances . |
| 3 | Gioella had been irritated by her and , in revenge , had set out to make her feel like a schoolgirl — not only by action and word , but simply by being effortlessly in charge of everyone , with the possible exception of the Principe di Savognia . |
| 4 | ‘ First of all , simply by being around . |
| 5 | They may be long chains of clauses linked by coordination or simply by being adjoined . |
| 6 | For the first time I really felt myself become part of a tribal circle , accepted as an elder simply by being a foreigner . |
| 7 | Scarlet had striven so to arrange matters that Brian would not be subjected too often to Constance 's distasteful presence , nor Constance to Brian 's lowering glances and muttered observations , the atmosphere he could create simply by being there , like one of those slow-burning mosquito repellents which make life insupportable for all the creatures of God . |
| 8 | The report said that UNESCO had not accepted the need for budgetary restraint and was still excessively politicized , adding : " The leverage we retain as a sought-after non-member … is greater than we would wield simply by being one vote among 161 others . " |
| 9 | Rome , in short , lived on its past simply by being a capital city . |
| 10 | ‘ But surely I 'm defiled simply by being in ffeatherstonehaugh 's . ’ |
| 11 | The country police were sufficiently confused simply by being in a big city , without adding in all the complex requirements of urban policing under riot conditions . |
| 12 | It might be thought that such social constraints would be likely , simply by being social , to be culturally variable , and thus of no great interest to a general ( or universal ) pragmatic theory . |
| 13 | A possible third — over-exposure to specialised and/or volatile funds , can be eliminated simply by being cautious . |
| 14 | The phoneme would still be distinguished from and by being neither alveolar nor bilabial , and would be distinct from plosives and fricatives simply by being neither plosive nor fricative . |
| 15 | He obviously does n't like erm living anywhere else , and erm he 's really very harmless , but the problem is that he erm frightens people erm simply by being there . |