Example sentences of "simply [verb] [adv] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I simply do n't want the ball put at risk in areas where we are immediately vulnerable to counter-attacks and we must always be giving the opposition something to think about . |
| 2 | Once they 've completed their trip all they want to do is head off back home and they simply do n't devote the time , energy and money on clearing up . |
| 3 | ‘ I simply do n't see the point . ’ |
| 4 | Some artists simply do n't believe the results of this test . |
| 5 | If you simply do n't need the trace facility , and I suspect that few Spectrum users really will , then check out the screen-based programs and save a few bob into the bargain . |
| 6 | There are schemes here and there which are excellent but they simply do n't address the magnitude of the crisis . |
| 7 | ‘ We simply do n't have the resources to keep it running . |
| 8 | He says with such a huge area to cover the simply do n't have the manpower to police every track and trail through the forest . |
| 9 | Even if there are little windows of time between jobs , teachers often feel that they simply do n't have the energy to take advantage of them . |
| 10 | ‘ We simply do n't have the facilities to cope with the number of remand prisoners sent here . ’ |
| 11 | Organisations dedicated to providing support , to minority groups , to the disabled , to the under privileged , to the under achievers , or people who simply do n't have the means to get the advice and support which they need . |
| 12 | They simply do n't have the right to do that . |
| 13 | Changing working habits and increased competition for leisure time mean that many people feel they simply do n't have the time any more . |
| 14 | One would like very often to have more erm people involved in decision making , but they simply do n't have the time to inform themselves and one or two experiments in the kind of democracy you might Brian might have had in mind , came to horrible grief where decisions were taken simply uninformed and where the small number of people present who were informed were n't able to persuade the majority and the history of education is littered with them most unfortunate examples of this . |
| 15 | The desktop systems simply do not possess the storage capacity or speed required to manipulate colour documents of more than a page or two , let alone have the operator skills . |
| 16 | You simply do not admit the possibility that your mother is being whimsical , and that these two eggs were exceptional . |
| 17 | We simply do not know the answer to this question but brief mention of the complexity of a human individual 's environment may suffice at this point to indicate how elaborate the considerations will have to be . |
| 18 | It is not that they are too slow to avoid being hit , but that they simply do not hear the cars speeding towards them . |
| 19 | We simply do not understand the origin of this hugely variable relation between injury and pain . |
| 20 | Their reaction is partly linguistically determined — they simply do not appreciate the word-play of courtly French and , as a result , Gloucester is worsted in his courtship of Blonde . |
| 21 | The reason for going over that threshold is often straightforward : candidates simply do not have the skills that are in demand . |
| 22 | In my experience , children find it extremely frustrating to be fired with enthusiasm for a topic but then to find that they simply do not have the skill to express themselves . |
| 23 | The hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) shakes his head , but he should come to my constituency and I will introduce him to people who can not pay the poll tax because they simply do not have the money . |
| 24 | We simply do not have the structures or the resources to give proper pastoral care to clergy wives . |
| 25 | I simply do not have the manpower to make arrests in the teeth of such concerted action . |
| 26 | We simply do not have the sums of money being asked . ’ |
| 27 | He went on : ‘ They are needed because so many people at work simply do not have the power or the resources to achieve these things for themselves . ’ |
| 28 | Severely ill people can experience exhaustion and they simply do not have the energy to carry out the necessary preventive activities ; they are dependent on nurses and others for maintaining a safe environment . |
| 29 | You simply do not have the time for the ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences so beloved in basic training . |
| 30 | This failing , it is suggested , is often compounded by the use of obscure , abstract terminology which teachers simply do not have the time ( even if they have the inclination ) to penetrate . |