Example sentences of "[prep] simply [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the question for the court becomes one of making its own assessment of the evidence , making findings of fact on all the relevant evidence placed before it and drawing the appropriate legal conclusion , and is no longer a question of simply reflecting government policy , letters from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office become merely part of the evidence in the case . |
| 2 | The effect of simply providing nest boxes can be dramatic . |
| 3 | Instead , they are bound up in the replication of previously set standards and routines which may actually frustrate the straightforward goal of simply getting housework done . |
| 4 | However , the furore which surrounded the release of a few hundred tonnes of intervention beef in England — an amount equivalent to less than a tenth of one per cent of the mountain — suggests the idea of simply selling beef cheaply to the European consumers who paid for it would be a difficult option . |
| 5 | In simply giving voice to the fears of aging that our society makes sure women have , Joan Rivers has discovered a rich vein of comedy . |
| 6 | To acknowledge that amounts to something very different from simply excising history as such . |
| 7 | In holding the bill it will increase in value day by day and thus earn a return — return whose value will always be better than that for simply holding liquidity solely in the form of ‘ cash ’ . |
| 8 | The complexity of psychological factors involved in the AL of maintaining a safe environment means that publicity campaigns and health education programmes must go beyond simply imparting information about safety , realising that people often know what they should and could do , and yet do not act on their knowledge . |
| 9 | This education may go well beyond simply fostering understanding of the change itself ; it may include needs assessment and subsequent training in the skills and knowledge that are shown to be essential to functioning successfully in the changed environment . |
| 10 | A widespread myth among personal , personnel managers is that they can change terms and conditions by simply giving notice of intent . |
| 11 | To observe use by simply recording user activity does not provide explanations for user behaviour . |
| 12 | The first were created by simply turning display pixels on or off and were , therefore , simple to program and relatively simple to use . |
| 13 | Some such processes can be found by trial and error or by simply paying attention to only a few pieces . |