Example sentences of "be simply a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you 're simply a brash and brassy singer — nothing else . ’ |
| 2 | To some they 're simply an engaging fantasy , but for others they create a secret world that can last a lifetime . |
| 3 | So-called , because , except for Pretoria , no one in the world recognises the sovereignty of the Transkei , which is otherwise perceived to be simply a geographical region in the south-eastern corner of South Africa . |
| 4 | The ‘ Shantih ’ at the poem 's end may be simply a way of stopping , a ‘ formal ending ’ ; or it may be comparable to the exhausted collapse after the destruction at the end of ‘ Gerontion ’ ( Eliot considered ‘ Gerontion ’ as preface to The Waste Land ) . |
| 5 | He argued in his essay On Liberty that State schools , with a State control over the curriculum , would be simply a means of producing a docile and bien pensant population , moulded in accordance with the wishes of the government of the day . |
| 6 | However , there is a tendency for the content of the packages to be simply a transfer of printed teaching matter to the computer medium , without capitalizing on the extra advantages of the medium , for example , making full use of its interactive teaching possibilities . |
| 7 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 8 | Gandhi claims to be simply a seeker after Truth , ceaselessly searching for it , occasionally having glimpses of it , yet not finding it . |
| 9 | If all is well , it will be simply a matter of lowering the model gently to the ground from the low level hover position . |
| 10 | Some people prefer to hold the script ; others like to read off a lectern , which can be simply a tray propped up on a couple of books . |
| 11 | But he must never be simply a ‘ clown ’ . |
| 12 | As Midgley makes clear , discussions of natural sex differences can never be simply a neutral issue , even if it is an empirical one , since one still has to consider what consequences should follow from the differences one has discovered . |
| 13 | However , from a social action perspective socialisation can never be simply a matter of internalisation of fixed social rules . |
| 14 | As de Lattre presented his case , his plan to construct 1200 bunkers of the Siegfried Line-type ( one wonders why its French counterpart was not mentioned instead ) was to provide against future Chinese attacks but , on the assumption that the Chinese might be deterred , French success seemed to be simply a matter of US munitions and confidence and , although it might have been misleading as a performance indicator , at the end of his visit to the Pentagon de Lattre was rewarded with Defense Secretary Lovett 's assertion that General de Lattre was regarded as a comrade in arms and that the US would do everything they could for him that was within their capabilities . |
| 15 | The mechanism is then considered to be simply a black box function generator . |
| 16 | On lesser occasions the reply will appear as an answer to a ‘ planted ’ parliamentary question or be simply a letter to the chairman of a committee . |
| 17 | It should be emphasised that occasional drug use may be simply a " normal " pattern of behaviour corresponding to " normal " drunkenness and not necessarily he a sign of delinquency , depravity or addictive disease . |
| 18 | There would be simply a walkout and the men would stay out until management either conceded to listen to one of their representatives and resolved the matter then and there . |
| 19 | In the context of language learning , positive feedback could be evidence that one 's efforts at mastering a language are not in vain and that progress towards one 's goal is being made ; it could be simply a correct response in the language laboratory or praise from the teacher . |
| 20 | It may be a preliminary to higher levels of spending or may be simply a shift in portfolio preferences towards more liquid forms of wealth . |
| 21 | These data suggest that HPV-16 may play an active part in colorectal carcinogenesis and may not be simply a casual DNA in transformed cells . |
| 22 | Alternatively , it could be simply a collection of modules which it is temporarily convenient to modify at the same time . |
| 23 | After background reading and talks with experts ( possibly the sponsors of the study ) the initial pilot could be simply a number of lengthy unstructured interviews . |
| 24 | My argument for functionalism is therefore critically dependent on whether or not I can convince you that progress in one of these areas — cognitive neuropsychology — is unlikely to be simply an illusion . |
| 25 | In other words , the focus of Gironella 's attention is neither historically nor iconographically arbitrary , although in some ways his reworkings of the paintings of others could be seen to be simply an extension of a fairly conventional activity . |
| 26 | But if this new development were to be simply an aid to better assignments and projects then it would not be remarkable , because library instruction which is project-related and project-inspired , is not unusual , though it is less common than the separate library lesson . |
| 27 | If so , will the fabled Fountain of Youth be simply an eradicator of nomadic DNA ? |
| 28 | Of course , she may be simply an accomplice . |
| 29 | Their navigational system may be simply an urge to move continuously into water that is minimally cooler , and they may also be able to orientate themselves from the direction of the wave surge and the pattern of ripples on the water-surface . |
| 30 | The celebration of working-class culture on its own can be simply an acceptance of oppression , a refusal to recognise the often racist and male nature of that culture , a romantic blindness to rapid change in the social composition of the working class . |