Example sentences of "[noun sg] if [pers pn] simply [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intensional level structures which we are describing here are not rules of logical combination , constrained by what may or must be possible , given the type meaning of the words which are combined ; there is any amount of evidence to this effect if we simply allow our attention to rest on it . |
| 2 | WHY do people continue to propagate the ridiculous idea that a couple 's problems will fade into nothingness if they simply make babies ? |
| 3 | However , independent advisers will only be exempt from the minimum capital requirement if they simply pass clients ' orders and payments on to dealers , do not deal in shares directly on their client 's behalf , and are subject to a proper ethical code . |
| 4 | But , of course , his attack was very much on-target if he simply wished to attack those elements of the media that were least favourable to his own party and government . |
| 5 | There was no point in being a skin if you simply got nicked by the police wherever you went . |
| 6 | Later Rabbi Akabar ruled that ‘ a woman who becomes displeasing ’ meant a man could divorce his wife if he simply found a woman he liked better and considered more beautiful . |
| 7 | As with any other expert 's report the accountant 's report will have to be disclosed as a condition precedent to calling him : the defendant 's solicitor will be entitled to object to the expense of such evidence if it simply deals with calculations the plaintiff 's solicitor could make himself . |
| 8 | Neither politicians at court nor governors in the colonies were expected to live on their salaries ; having outside interests would not cause any trouble if it simply supplemented their salaries , though it would be used as an additional reason to attack them if they followed policies the king disliked . |
| 9 | You can tilt it in any direction , and measure the genetic distance , and hence the minimum evolution time , between any point on the plane and any other ( annoyingly , that is not quite true on the page , because the computer 's printer distorts proportions , but this effect is too trivial to make a fuss about , although it does mean that you will get slightly the wrong answer if you simply count blips on the scale ) . |
| 10 | It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put . |
| 11 | Mass education will be of little value if it simply increases the number of people who are pursuing their own selfish ends . |