Example sentences of "is simply [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Formalist definition of literature is a differential or oppositional one : what constitutes literature is simply its difference from other orders of facts . |
| 2 | In order to placate Washington Israel officially claimed this was all an unauthorised operation but in the intelligence world an unauthorised operation is simply one that is too hazardous to handle by normal channels in case something goes wrong . |
| 3 | In everyday terms , a successful explanation is simply one that satisfies the person who asked the question . |
| 4 | An international journey is simply one involving a foreign element . |
| 5 | It is simply her case that they would be better off with her in England rather than without her in Australia . |
| 6 | It may be said that a sensation of heat in the hand is not really an impression as of our hand being hot , but is simply something that we normally happen to get when our hand heats up . |
| 7 | An operator is simply something which turns one vector into another . |
| 8 | Our starting point is that an operator is simply something which , given a vector , is a means of associating another vector with it . |
| 9 | Compliance or non-compliance is simply something to be taken into account by the court in determining whether an offence under section 20 has been committed . |
| 10 | It is simply something that must be done ; and , in the same way , I had to get rid of some woman , tip the scales back in the other direction . |
| 11 | For you the truth is simply something you invent . ’ |
| 12 | Now fair enough , the Syclone looks like a barn door , and chews fuel like a jet fighter , but , if you like fast cars , there is simply nothing that even gets close for the price . |
| 13 | The minority interest arising on acquisition is simply their share ( 40% ) of the fair value of the separable net assets ( £160,000 ) . |
| 14 | For most Americans , it is simply what they fly over on the way to either coast . |
| 15 | The definition of gold is simply what we mean by the word , the complex idea or nominal essence we have in our minds when we speak of it . |
| 16 | An ‘ odour ’ is simply what we can smell just as sound is what we can hear and touch is what we can feel . |
| 17 | It is simply what presents itself to Moose as the truth when he reflects as carefully as he can , and what he therefore expects to present itself likewise to others . |
| 18 | dir : But process is simply what health services do to patients . |
| 19 | ‘ Process is simply what health services do to patients . |
| 20 | We see here a move away from the view that deviance is simply what people so label , to the notion that it might also have something to do with the acts that ‘ deviants ’ engage in . |
| 21 | What seems supernatural is simply what is beyond present understanding . |
| 22 | Truth is not something fixed and solid beyond and behind the literary text , and to which the text can be reduced : it is simply what comes last in the text . |
| 23 | It deflects the charge that ‘ that is simply your view ’ or ‘ that is simply the way you prefer to do it ’ . |
| 24 | HOW Will I know whether I have been regressed or whether it is simply my imagination working overtime ? |
| 25 | I think that erm even something as basic as motorway service areas have improved over the past few years , and this is simply my own personal experience , not particularly Fodors . |
| 26 | Melchiori then explains the ‘ balance between I and thou ’ reductively , as an instance of Shakespeare 's ‘ dramatic and theatrical ’ genius : ‘ it is simply his profession as a playwright , as a man of the theatre ’ which places him ‘ on a totally different plane ’ in the social hierarchy of his time . |