Example sentences of "be simply that " 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | The definition of camp is as elusive as the sensibility itself , one reason being simply that there are different kinds of camp . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ If it were simply that it would hardly be convincing , would it ? ’ |
| 10 | It 's simply that people need to see their leaders and would feel hurt if they believed themselves forgotten . |
| 11 | It 's simply that it is not by any means obvious how PR is supposed to deliver all these goodies . |
| 12 | It 's simply that on even the sunniest days you are unlikely to meet other walkers in the sorts of numbers typical elsewhere . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's simply that while we 've been playing well in possession , we have n't been doing the job when the opposition have had the ball . |
| 14 | " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place . |
| 15 | The parking spaces for the erm bungalow residents erm are are generally spread around in in a , in such a way as to be as close as possible to the bungalows that they serve , they 're not if you like , specific car park , but on this drawing they 're , they 're identified it 's simply that the proportionate parking that the planners require for a construction of new houses is there and then over and above that there is further parking which , if you like , will satisfy the need of the bungalow residents , though they may not necessarily be identified specifically . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's simply that you and I share a father . ’ |
| 17 | It 's simply that I 'm not prepared to see him branded a fraud and a charlatan merely in order to prolong your receipt of them . |
| 18 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 19 | It 's simply that the radio is turned up loud . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's simply that we all thought it so unnecessary , Mr Barnett . |
| 21 | It 's simply that he wants to create a better atmosphere , and show that after all he 's a reasonable man , and we should n't be too hard on him in these days . |
| 22 | , D O E. Er I 'm sure that members of the panel appreciate why I 've remained silent during the discussion of item two D , but does anyone in the room who does n't fully understand , it 's simply that the Secretary of State of exercises role in relation to a new settlement . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The core of the problem is simply that the judiciary is the creature of the legal profession . |
| 30 | The sentiment expressed in the phrase is simply that a strong EC should lay these foundations for the whole continent . |