Example sentences of "this [is] simply " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , when Fox made the preposterous statement that ‘ This is simply shocking , they might as well make me professor of Poetry , ’ Lewis responded , ‘ Well , we will . ’ |
| 2 | This is simply perverse . |
| 3 | This is simply perverse . |
| 4 | The land someone cultivates is necessarily his : this is simply a special case of the fact that each man unquestionably has a right to his own life and labour , and so has the right to the products of that labour . |
| 5 | This is simply nonsense but , nevertheless , it has been used within the Labour Party to block discussion of organisation in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | This is simply natural , it 's a fact , you both know that whatever happens , even if God and the Devil were to stand in the way , you will have what you want . |
| 7 | Thus we are told by Robinson that Distant Voices , Still Lives is not really about working-class family life in Liverpool at all , for this is simply ‘ a metaphor for the human condition that strikes universal chords ’ — chords which ring true through ages past , present and future , inspiring Beryl Bainbridge to opine that ‘ I do n't think anything alters . |
| 8 | This is simply nonsense . |
| 9 | This is simply the managerial wish to pin down facts wherever possible in the form of numbers of some kind . |
| 10 | With present day technology , and even in the foreseeable future , this is simply not possible . |
| 11 | This is simply to oil the skin before you begin the massage ( see Fig. 12 ) . |
| 12 | At present 90% of this is simply put into holes in the ground , landfill sties , and covered over . |
| 13 | In management accounting terms , this is simply a standard product cost . |
| 14 | This is simply a term for the major reflex which has the power to control all the other reflexes so as to direct the body in a coordinated and balanced way . |
| 15 | Sometimes hearing a cycle of works by the same composer actually has the opposite effect , making one realise limitations in the music , but this is simply not the case with Brahms . |
| 16 | For some I know this is simply not enough , but as the years go by I find that Chopin 's ultra-refined eloquence of utterance responds more readily to an unforced , more integrated style than the ferocious changeability that has been the very kernel of Chopin playing for the last twenty or thirty years . |
| 17 | It had attracted the interest of several composers before ( Corelli , Localelli , C.P.E. Bach and Salieri among them ) , but Rachmaninov 's ‘ foliations ’ leave the others standing : this is simply one of the finest sets of variations composed for the keyboard since Beethoven 's Diabellis . |
| 18 | This is simply done by making the area the base for a holiday . |
| 19 | It may even become over-affectionate , refusing to leave its rescuer alone , but this is simply a measure of its inner anxiety concerning the possibility that it may be betrayed once again . |
| 20 | This is simply an overspilling of sexual activity under conditions of extreme frustration , and the animals which have been seen to perform in this way have also been observed to copulate normally afterwards , if mates are provided . |
| 21 | Certainly there has been a rapid increase in the number of consultancies offering such services , but this is simply a response to the demand created by the draft EC legislation on environmental audits and the draft British Standard on Environmental Management Systems . |
| 22 | This is simply not the case and you will probably have to wait to hear if your mortgage application has been approved . |
| 23 | This is simply because the calorie content of these foods is so amazingly high . |
| 24 | The slightly over-sized holes you mention are no problem ; this is simply where the strung ball-ends pulled up through the table as the bridge came off . |
| 25 | Both of these will already be present in the patch to some degree , but if you want more reverb , for instance , this is simply a case of playing with the reverb ‘ level ’ and ‘ time ’ controls . |
| 26 | There appears to be a general assumption that women should somehow automatically know how to prepare for a baby , but this is simply not the case . |
| 27 | This is simply a document from the court confirming that the debt , interest and costs are legally owing to you . |
| 28 | This is simply an agreement by each creditor to hold off and not to press his claim for settlement for an agreed period as long as the other creditors do likewise . |
| 29 | This is simply a matter of reading the material through from start to finish — as if it were a book — and completing all the exercises on the way . |
| 30 | This is simply because the second , or front , bed makes knit and purl knitting possible within the same row . |