Example sentences of "it is simply that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is simply that one is a more likely response for the middle-class housewife and one is more likely for her working-class sister . |
| 2 | For me , at least — and I think for most people who travel around this country for pleasure , that is , to see things — it is simply that one gets a greater depth of pleasure out of knowing the anatomy of a town and why it takes that particular form and not just its superficial features , however attractive they may be individually . |
| 3 | It is simply that their numbers were fewer and hence their overall impact appears less . |
| 4 | It is not repentance ; it is simply that they are scared for their skins and wish to save parliamentary seats in the general election . |
| 5 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 6 | This does not mean , however , that Elizabeth has no freedom of action at all ; it is simply that her actions must stay well within the bounds that society has placed on her . |
| 7 | Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it . |
| 8 | It is not that they are not capable of competing ; it is simply that there have been no great black performers in these areas in history ( due to lack of opportunities and facilities ) and no tradition exists . |
| 9 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
| 10 | It is simply that he is a married man , around 30 , with wife and children , a car , a mortgage ( ? ) etc. , etc . |
| 11 | It is simply that I was brought up in the East of Scotland and have lived in places whither the Orangemen walketh not , neither in triumph nor provocation . |
| 12 | ‘ It is simply that I have different ideas than the gentlemen who give places to men … . ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 14 | It is simply that it left us stranded . |
| 15 | If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride . |