Example sentences of "[prep] simply [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warning of the dire peril IBM faced at the hands of Unix , we suggested that so many parties were working on the thing that over time it would accrete to itself all the missing features that commercial users demanded , and that instead of simply trying to muddy the Unix waters as IBM did for so long , it should recognise that its most convincing answer to Unix was right there under its nose in the form of VM . |
| 2 | Such actions may be indicative of a climate of fear , or of caution , or of simply teaching to the test . |
| 3 | As a result , some Marxist writers , who wish to argue that the state is ultimately a repressive tool of the capitalist ruling class but recognise the weakness of simply reading off the role of the state from what is happening in the economy , have formulated an alternative class-theoretical account . |
| 4 | But instead of simply struggling in embarrassment they can turn to their advisers and ask for help : " What do I say now ? " , |
| 5 | A final difficulty associated with attempts to formulate a sentencing tariff arises from the coexistence of other sentencing aims alongside that of simply punishing in proportion to the offender 's ‘ just deserts ’ . |
| 6 | It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put . |
| 7 | There was no question of simply paying for what a member himself had consumed , whether of drinks , tobacco or anything else . |
| 8 | After 16 years you ought to be fluent in the language and , if you make this a priority now , you 'll be enhancing this phase of your life instead of simply waiting for it to pass . |
| 9 | Even if changes in South Africa bring the war to an end in the near future , the costs of simply returning to the situation before the war are enormous , both in terms of the capital cost of replacing destroyed and damaged schools , and the running costs of the system . |
| 10 | Instead of simply going to bed , she insisted on returning , believing that it was her duty to try and fulfil her obligations . |
| 11 | Gould was satisfied with simply selling off the remaining numbers he had bought off Lear . |
| 12 | I know that I will continue to get great pleasure from simply looking at this beautiful image . |
| 13 | I had joined a group who are still fixated on a classification of ‘ disorder ’ which homes in on those who attack property , ; and since the amassing of property has been a primary aim of capitalist society , it should come as no surprise to find that to prevent the dispossessed from simply taking from the élite has been the primary structuring principle of policing . |
| 14 | In the latter , fines for simply chatting with workmates contrast vividly with the drinking customs so often described in the artisan trades . |
| 15 | Ricardo Patrese deserves some kind of award for simply hanging in there since petrol was 50p a gallon . |
| 16 | Victory and profit , together with the king 's affable personality and chivalric reputation , ensured that this co-operation , once offered , would not lightly be withdrawn ; but in dealing with the nobility Edward showed a degree of political skill and a sensitivity to their interests which went beyond simply sharing in a glorious and profitable enterprise abroad . |
| 17 | Being a member of the kingdom goes beyond simply belonging to any individual Church . |
| 18 | As an established Cardmember you may have two further options , beyond simply paying with the Card , that allow you to spread the payments over future months . |
| 19 | It would involve the abandonment of rigid conceptualism : the rejection , in other words , of a formal mechanical set of criteria adding up to the concept of adultery which allows hard problems to be solved with apparent ease by simply referring to a formula without examining the deeper issues of justice involved in the case . |
| 20 | He is not impressed by the idea of suggestion as the basis of crowd behaviour , for no explanation is given by simply referring to the suggestibility of people as the reason for crowds being influenced by leaders . |
| 21 | The second document that came out as a consultation document , simply led with the evidence that you 've pe that you achieve by simply suggesting to people there was only a yellow route . |
| 22 | There is a rival school , though , whose followers pursue successful careers by simply pretending to be themselves ( Roger Moore and Stephen Fry spring to mind ) . |
| 23 | By simply developing along the lines we had already established with the lesser known young contemporaries . |
| 24 | Teachers showed a great deal of skill in dealing with the many interruptions of the classroom day , generally managing to neutralize them either by simply refusing to be distracted by them , or by transmuting them into a part of the teaching session . |
| 25 | Also throughout the branches of physical geography it was necessary to convince members of other disciplines that physical geographers had a contribution to make and this had to be done by showing what could be done rather than by simply stating in advance that a physical geographer had much to contribute . |
| 26 | It depicts the young Darwin as a lone , sporting gentleman , an amateur beetle-collector seeing nature as she really is by simply looking with the clear gaze of genius , unimpeded by any scientific training , theological prejudice , professional ambition and so on . |
| 27 | Every time that sexual intercourse takes place with a new partner there is a risk that some disease will be passed on from one to the other and , with rare exceptions , there is no way of telling , by simply looking at a person , whether they have an infection or not . |
| 28 | Thus it is an open system rather than a closed one and its behaviour can not be understood by simply looking at the relationship between inputs and outputs . |
| 29 | Alternatively , a fairly shrewd idea can be obtained by simply looking at the back . |
| 30 | The majority of archaeological finds are broken , damaged or decayed , and it is usually difficult to envisage what a site looked like in its heyday by simply looking at the excavated remains . |