Example sentences of "it is simply that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It is not repentance ; it is simply that they are scared for their skins and wish to save parliamentary seats in the general election .
2 ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’
3 Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it .
4 Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so .
5 It is simply that he is a married man , around 30 , with wife and children , a car , a mortgage ( ? ) etc. , etc .
6 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 .
7 It is simply that I have different ideas than the gentlemen who give places to men … . ’ .
8 It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped .
9 It is simply that it left us stranded .
10 If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride .
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