Example sentences of "be simply that [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place . |
| 2 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 3 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 4 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 5 | Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it . |
| 6 | The problem with the ATTRIB command is simply that you need to replace the \ between the -h and c : \etc. by a space i.e. c : \DOS>attrib -r -s -h c : \lite\pcprobe \*; * |
| 7 | For many people the biggest problem with using a computer is simply that you have to type something on the keyboard to achieve anything at all . |
| 8 | One is simply that you do n't need to have made a record or done anything very much except earned a local reputation as a watchable band playing original material . |
| 9 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
| 10 | ‘ It is simply that I have different ideas than the gentlemen who give places to men … . ’ . |
| 11 | As Institute president Ian Plaistowe said very wisely in his letter to the Financial Times , we should work towards recording similar events in similar ways ; my point was simply that we do not want to record different things in similar ways , and that is where judgment will come in : for example , some securitisations are valid , others not . |