Example sentences of "[vb infin] simply that " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the worker may pause at one point and scratch his nose , this may indicate that a critical decision is being made or it may indicate simply that his nose was itching . |
| 2 | For the moment we may note simply that if the experiment had not worked , it would have been dropped . |
| 3 | We might infer simply that Nietzsche supposed this aspect was the most likely to interest the general public . |
| 4 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 5 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
| 6 | A ‘ practitioner ’ view was also identified which was pragmatic , accepting elements of both the major value positions outlined here but being more aware of the need for different approaches in different individual cases , and more concerned about matters of detailed practice than of principle ( though this may mean simply that values and principles were not made explicit ) . |
| 7 | When you say land is built-up , presumably you do not mean simply that there is a building that there has to be a building on the land . |
| 8 | By " saying " things I do not mean simply that men talk about what they do , but that all their social behaviour is " coded " so that it makes statements about what the social situation is and where the actor is positioned in that social situation . |
| 9 | This may mean simply that a bilingual speaker will quote the actual words of another speaker in the original language . |
| 10 | I will add simply that locked rooms are only the purest of all sorts of " impossible crimes ' . |
| 11 | To that she would reply simply that it was what ‘ I ought to do . ’ |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Teignbridge can not argue simply that nuclear power is cleaner and environmentally more safe and that it should therefore always take precedence over coal , because we can do things to coal that would make it environmentally far more acceptable . |
| 13 | I mean , wages , benefits from the welfare state — the cost of reproducing labour power , which is really what the wages for housework argument turns on , this cost is covered in a variety of ways — not adequately , that 's true and working class women are most vulnerable , but I do n't think we can say simply that housework , childcare is given free , is not paid for at all . |
| 14 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |