Example sentences of "or simply [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , you can set out to assess what the commercial communicates about the product advertised ; or simply whether key details are remembered ; or whether people like it . |
| 2 | We are speaking here of presuppositions , but just as easily we could spell them out in terms of specific things , such as God 's holiness or justice or love , or simply that ‘ Jesus loves me ’ . |
| 3 | Is it a function of ageing or simply that the mode of communication may become more restrained and that the emotional experiences are as rich as ever ? |
| 4 | Some women have suggested reclaiming cunt , pointing out that the word has connections with cunning ( knowledge , magical power ) , or simply that it denotes a powerful and female area of the body . |
| 5 | It is far better to recognize that external circumstances have changed , or simply that one made a mistaken series of assumptions about one 's own relative strengths , rather than to plough on in a situation where plainly the goal you have set yourself is unattainable . |
| 6 | ‘ Is it that you ca n't think of anything plausible , or simply that you refuse to make excuses for what you are ? ’ he wondered insultingly . |
| 7 | I mean what we 've heard that in fact erm they had met in prison , but was that known to you at that time or simply that they were known to each other and that had a record ? |
| 8 | If there is any reason to suspect a possible abnormality in the baby , such as two blood tests showing high levels of alphafetoprotein , or simply if you are over 35 ( older mothers are more likely to have babies with genetic disorders ) , your doctor will offer you an amniocentesis or possibly a chorionic villus test . |
| 9 | Fishing for predatory bream with imitation or real fish should be regarded as an opportunist method to be employed when you happen to see bream chasing fry , or when you have tried all conventional methods and failed ; or simply when you fancy your chances with a fish bait . |
| 10 | And then there are special times ; when planning a family : as an expectant or nursing mother ; when it 's that time of the month ; or simply when you run out of time to eat properly . |
| 11 | There was an element of truth in these comments and before charting the history of the regiment he raised , it is worth examining the background of this remarkable man , later known to members of the regiment either as ‘ Colonel David ’ or simply as DS . |
| 12 | Hand-knotted rugs are known as pile rugs , or simply as rugs , and are generally regarded as the most important and aesthetically satisfying manifestations of the oriental rug-maker 's art . |
| 13 | 1992 will mean changes affecting all of us as consumers , as employers or employees , or simply as citizens . |
| 14 | So many of the stories were wild exaggerations , inflamed by a number of factors — the ‘ culture contact ’ between rural and urban society , personal resentment ( particularly if two women were forced to share the same kitchen ) , the strangeness of the whole situation at the start of a frightening new war , or simply as Angus Calder put it the English tendency to confuse manners with morals . |
| 15 | Whether because they had ceased to be pleased about her birthday or simply because they were tired , she did not know . |
| 16 | Producers responded to the critical backlash with a self-deceiving debate about whether British films did poorly because they were bad , or simply because they were suspected of being so . |
| 17 | Either because those in power simply underestimated the potential for resistance or simply because they believed they could in the end over-ride such resistance , industrial companies in conjunction with waste disposal firms ( and often in collusion with state health regulatory agencies ) dumped indiscriminately and with disregard for human health and life . ’ |
| 18 | Ninety per cent of women who visit the clinic with hair loss problems are deficient in iron through dieting or simply because they are run down or have been ill . |
| 19 | He may have acted in this way because the dog was worrying sheep , or because he wanted to annoy the dog 's owner , or simply because he despises all alsatians . |
| 20 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 21 | The fundamental weakness of this approach is that it relies to some extent on the researchers ' imagination as to what the future may hold , particularly about what new goods and services might emerge , either directly from the new technology or simply because its higher productivity may give consumers greater spending power and so create demands for hitherto undreamed-of goods and services . |
| 22 | I would like to open up more channels with the EC to allow us to articulate better why we do what we do , otherwise issues that are important to the 100 Group 's membership , like goodwill accounting , could founder on legal grounds or simply because people do n't understand . ’ |
| 23 | There was no trace of his usual cheekiness , either because he was seriously worried about his son or simply because he had no need to defend himself up here where he was in his element and they were out of theirs . |
| 24 | Your adult students have probably all got different reasons for learning English — to pass exams , to get a better job , for travel , or simply because they want to learn . |
| 25 | soc : … or simply because they remembered the patient . |
| 26 | It is an option that is not very often used , either through choice or simply because it is not much publicised . |
| 27 | Or simply because they had come so close to rescuing him ? |
| 28 | The recent Toyne Report ‘ Environmental Responsibility , An Agenda for Further and Higher Education ’ , commissioned by the DoE and the Welsh Office states , ‘ Everybody has some scope for doing his or her job in a more environmentally responsible way , and needs to understand the importance of this … but may well need more than this , either because they have been given specific responsibilities within their organisation , or simply because their organisation 's environmental impact is heavily dependent on the way they carry out their day-to-day tasks , and on the decisions which they have to take . ’ |
| 29 | At the beginning of every term he filled in a form habitually distributed to all teaching staff , requiring details of authorized absences from college ; for sabbaticals , or the marking of outside examinations , or simply because contractual staff-student contract hours had been fulfilled . |
| 30 | Some of these shots could not be taken today in this , either because building has made them impossible or simply because the crowds who congregate to nowadays to take these shots would detract from the scene . |