Example sentences of "simply that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is simply that at one time the ooze covering the sea floor contained shells of animals — and before that did not . |
| 2 | It 's simply that on even the sunniest days you are unlikely to meet other walkers in the sorts of numbers typical elsewhere . |
| 3 | This ‘ business ’ characteristic does not require that he should regularly carry on business as an agent but simply that on the occasion in question he was acting as a business proposition . |
| 4 | The difficulty is simply that as a co-heir Seia is owner of an undivided share of the whole estate , and the question is on what basis she can recover from her coheir the quarter of the gardens which she does not own qua heir . |
| 5 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 6 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 7 | However , the relationship is more complex than simply that between overall numbers of people and of dwellings ( i.e. structurally distinct physical living areas ) . |
| 8 | Part of the answer is simply that until very recently , most chimpanzee research was done on captive animals , who lead a very boring life , are often kept apart from other members of their family , and have a constant abundance of food . |
| 9 | Simply that in higher education , we expect students to go beyond the material they encompass and to form their own affinity with it . |
| 10 | The point is simply that in all positions , other than the two attributive ones , the entity has already been identified before the adjective is brought into direct or indirect constructional contact with it . |
| 11 | That appraisal of the Order might have more force if the Order had provided simply that from 31 July any sum to which a person became entitled other than by operation of law would not qualify as a deposit . |