Example sentences of "be simply [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Or it could be simply that there had n't yet been a serious British accident .
2 In the case of respondents whose arguments will be simply that the judgment of the court below is correct for the reasons given , counsel for the respondent can send in a letter to that effect in lieu of a skeleton argument .
3 It may be simply that no document has survived in which Aethelberht was required to acknowledge Aethelbald as his overlord , but so far as can be seen there was no restriction on the power of the Kentish king to grant land to whomsoever he wished .
4 This may be entirely proper for the evolution of knowledge in a particular field ; or it may be simply that the researcher has developed a tunnel vision , and is unable to see beyond a very narrow focus .
5 Suggesting , however , that the notion of ‘ symbolic politics ’ as used by Gusfield may be pertinent in some respects for an analysis of the campaigns of the NVALA and comparable groups , is not to argue that the full-blown theory of status politics used to explain the rise of the WCTU in the United States can be simply and completely applied to the ‘ moral crusades ’ of the so-called ‘ permissive era ’ in Britain .
6 The important point for present purposes , however , is that , in this and other ways , the Sexual Offences Act is not a piece of legislation which can be simply and easily categorised as ‘ permissive ’ .
7 But the problem of draughts can be simply and effectively solved by filling in any gaps around windows , doors or skirting boards with draughtproofing materials .
8 The argument is clearly fallacious : just as rules of logical deduction can be stated which will apply to an indefinitely large set of propositions , so it is quite possible that the principles that underlie the interaction between utterances and assumptions ( however particular they may be ) can be simply and rigorously stated .
9 And it turned out to be simply because she knew she was pregnant ; a mechanical trick she was turning on him .
10 The studios are for two persons and are simply but pleasantly furnished .
11 All the bedrooms are simply but pleasantly furnished .
12 The rooms are simply but prettily furnished .
13 The three bedrooms are simply but attractively furnished , each with its own bath or shower .
14 All the bedrooms are simply but comfortably furnished with a direct-dial telephone , and a safety deposit box , and both single and twin bedrooms have a balcony .
15 Bedrooms are simply but tastefully furnished .
16 The 23 bedrooms are simply but attractively furnished with telephone and air-conditioning .
17 All apartments are simply but adequately furnished and each have their own entrance .
18 The conditions to be satisfied are simply that the meaning ‘ must be one which lex will tolerate and one which dispels the uncertainty in such a manner as to settle the dispute without immediately provoking further controversy ’ .
19 I mean I think you and say that you know I mean I think test matches are simply because you know over time , you know people are in to the one day cricket match , be the excitement and everything else and it 's getting increasingly more difficult for television companies to get sponsorship , commercial sponsorship for
20 All the bedrooms at the Hotel Ritz are simply and comfortably furnished and have the benefit of a balcony .
21 There had been other collapses , there were little ones all the time , and big ones too like the ‘ Tim and Teddy ’ shops ' rapid demise ( which had been simply because of their slovenly accounting ) , but Rose had a special place .
22 The definition of camp is as elusive as the sensibility itself , one reason being simply that there are different kinds of camp .
23 Ltd. v. Conservators of the River Thames ( 1899 ) 15 T.L.R. 474 Phillimore J. held that the steamship company was entitled to recover a charge for making use of the conservators ' pier facilities which was greater than that authorised by statute , the ground being simply that there was no consideration for the payment without any further reasoning .
24 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 .
25 ‘ If it were simply that it would hardly be convincing , would it ? ’
26 Vologsky had constantly reassured himself that the repeated refusals were simply because his applications happened to be made at an inopportune moment .
27 His views were simply and inflexibly held .
28 It 's simply that people need to see their leaders and would feel hurt if they believed themselves forgotten .
29 It 's simply that it is not by any means obvious how PR is supposed to deliver all these goodies .
30 It 's simply that on even the sunniest days you are unlikely to meet other walkers in the sorts of numbers typical elsewhere .
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