Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] simply [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir James and the prison cell were simply a warning not to go too far , not to presume too much on our present weakness . ’ |
| 2 | If coaching were simply a matter of putting down on a piece of paper 10 points to improve , we 'd all be world beaters . |
| 3 | Often a president is simply a head of state with few , if any , powers ( like the British monarch ) and the system of government is , in fact , parliamentary . |
| 4 | Geography is simply the study of places . |
| 5 | For a sample with different atoms the result is simply a superposition of those expected for each of the constituent atoms . |
| 6 | Research is simply a matter of defining one 's problem and selecting the appropriate tool or method for that problem . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , there are grounds for asking whether the measurable distribution of wealth-holding is simply a matter of choice within Britain in comparison with other leading economies , or whether the financial services sector forms the agency which actively determines that distribution rather than simply facilitating it . |
| 8 | A template is simply a part-finished document file , a copy of which is opened automatically leaving the original unchanged . |
| 9 | Planners in Groningen say putting such a scheme into practice is simply a question of political will . |
| 10 | ( For Moore yellow is simply the quality we immediately apprehend in sight , not its physical basis . ) |
| 11 | To advocates of the ‘ resolute approach ’ , crime is simply a choice to do wrong ; it is never the squalid last gasp of the outsider . |
| 12 | In an atmosphere of such buoyancy the dealers are obliged to cut margins and try to survive competition from the opportunists for whom the fax boom is simply the latest in a long line of nice little short-term earners , such as double-glazing and car phones . |
| 13 | Thus , provided the meals industry is in competitive equilibrium , the marginal cost curve for the film industry is simply the extra pounds worth of utility sacrificed by using scarce resources to make another film instead of extra meals . |
| 14 | Although the nineteenth-century literary historian would have acknowledged a distinction between literary scholarship and reading , the implication of much twentieth-century critical practice is that criticism is an extension of the reading process , and that the critic is simply an exemplary and particularly articulate reader . |
| 15 | A stroke is simply a unit of recognition . |
| 16 | The Edinburgh panel decided , however , that HLA alloimmunisation was simply a laboratory end point and that the evidence was inconclusive that filtered blood prevented platelet refractoriness and bleeding . |
| 17 | And what happened in practice was simply the Turkish government made representations to the State Department and said hey , you know , these bases , they provide a lot of work , you know , we have to provide empl alternative employment for these people so could we phase out this withdrawal over say a three year programme ? |
| 18 | But it was also a mark of his belief that gossip was simply a waste of time . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal held that the defendant rider 's failure to control his horse was simply an error of judgment which did not amount to negligence . |
| 20 | It is a matter of months only before a learned historian unearths evidence which proves that the first sole normande was simply a mixture of fish boiled in a bucket of seawater on board the ship which took William of Normandy to Hastings . |
| 21 | In many human societies virtually everyone is treated as a kinsman of one sort or another so that alliances established by marriage are simply the renewal of links which have also existed in the past . |
| 22 | Nowadays , with unemployment at an appallingly high level , it is far more likely that people who have been unable to find work are simply the victims of economic and political circumstances . |
| 23 | If the combined footprint for CRP and polymerase were simply the sum of the footprints of each protein , then the -50 region should remain highly sensitive to cleavage . |
| 24 | This is all I shall relate about Charlotte 's circumstances in order to protect her anonymity , but suffice it to say , I decided to play along with her idea of aromatherapy being simply a pleasant way to relax — indeed , you do not need to be ill to enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy massage . |
| 25 | Charlotte thinks that it is better to get the richest husband one can and feels that a happy marriage is simply a matter of chance . |
| 26 | Perhaps your first bar is simply a prelude to many more ? |
| 27 | Far from being a lunatic fantasy , the foregoing rigmarole is simply a true account of the process by which , without the additional aggravation of those senatorial rules , one member of the Dail was elected . |
| 28 | ‘ The majority of a designer 's work is simply a rational process . |
| 29 | So th th th the , the outline agrarian law is simply a means of ensuring that everybody will come up to a middle peasant status . |
| 30 | For most people nowadays , drinking is simply a natural part of their lives . |