Example sentences of "[vb -s] simply [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One says simply that her parents kept their ‘ strong , independent spirit ; they would be no burden on their children . ’ |
| 2 | He says simply that he enjoys what he does ( he 's in research ) and is not ambitious — that he 'd be unhappy on the managerial side . |
| 3 | He says simply that his civil servants work extremely hard . |
| 4 | Shaw says simply that the two sides have an ‘ excellent ’ deal . |
| 5 | James says simply that ‘ it was suddenly very important to me that he should live ’ . |
| 6 | Usually , the Oracle says simply that ‘ the Master is asleep ’ , but if you are running an adventure in which Drachenfels is returning to life and the adventurers have n't killed him yet , the Oracle 's eyes gleam as he says that ‘ the Master is growing stronger , he will come to see me soon ’ , as he clasps his hands together in unholy pleasure . |
| 7 | Martin Harrison says simply that ‘ Bailey ended that era ’ . |
| 8 | The only manuscript of the latter author available for this present study says simply that Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage by way of Damascus in 833 and mentions neither his return nor his death . |
| 9 | The outlawing of Earl Thorkell of East Anglia on 11 November is his sole recorded action in 1021 , and in 1022 the Chronicle says simply that he sailed out with his ships to Wiht ( D reads Wihtland ) . |
| 10 | I mean , otherwise one assumes simply that people do n't know . |
| 11 | This represents the literal approach to the construction of the section , which stipulates simply that the court , ‘ after hearing the evidence and the parties , shall convict the accused or dismiss the information . ’ |
| 12 | The most immediate ponderer is Bill Clinton , who is about to offer a grudging renewal for a further year of China 's ‘ most favoured nation ’ trading status with America — jargon which means simply that China is treated as well , or badly , as most other countries . |
| 13 | Elite autonomy means simply that circumstances exist in which the political elites representing a given social group can bargain on behalf of ‘ their ’ communities without fearing that compromises will lead to their removal and the substitution of a new elite for the social group . |
| 14 | Incapacitation means simply that the offender is ( usually physically ) prevented from re-offending by the punishment imposed , either temporarily or permanently . |
| 15 | It is misleading if it means simply that students learn how to acquire conventional encyclopaedia-like knowledge for themselves . |
| 16 | This means simply that there are actions that the executive will not take because it knows that the assembly will make a huge fuss . |
| 17 | This means simply that the customers have the claim on these deposits and thus the institutions are liable to meet the claims . |
| 18 | J W Clifford , now in Darlington but born in Gurney Valley 75 years ago , argues simply that it was because of all the fights not least between the boys of Gurney Valley and their contemporaries from the Cumberland Arms area , then known as Brickyard . |
| 19 | Section 7 provides simply that ‘ The decisions of the Tribunal ( including any decisions as to their jurisdiction ) shall not be subject to appeal or liable to be questioned in any court . ’ |
| 20 | But this suggests simply that a kind of unconscious holding operation is going on among psychology 's more powerful subjects . |
| 21 | The biblical text suggests simply that he spoke of them , knowledgeable man that he was . |