Example sentences of "is simply a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In management accounting terms , this is simply a standard product cost . |
| 2 | For the sequentiality , the " and then " sense of and in sentences like ( 32 ) , is simply a standard implicature due to the fourth sub-maxim of Manner , which provides a pragmatic overlay on the semantic content of and wherever descriptions of two events , which might be sequentially ordered , are conjoined . |
| 3 | A corrosive is simply a powerful acid that eats through steel . |
| 4 | ‘ The majority of a designer 's work is simply a rational process . |
| 5 | A grammar is simply a declarative statement of what forms a valid sentence . |
| 6 | Thus the AD function is simply a collapsed form of the familiar IS-LM diagram where the price level is not taken as constant but is allowed to vary . |
| 7 | Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell . |
| 8 | It is simply a temporary situation caused by the fire hazard . ’ |
| 9 | But you are very unlikely to be able to show a link which is directly attributable to your activities and you will be encouraging the view that media relations is simply a cheap form of advertising . |
| 10 | For example , in circumstances where there may be legitimate public concern about the violation of human rights by the new regime , or the manner in which it achieved power , it has not sufficed to say that the announcement of ‘ recognition ’ is simply a neutral formality . |
| 11 | In a telephone network , for example , if one key element breaks down and the whole system immediately crashes you have a ‘ catastrophic failure ’ , but if , instead , there is simply a progressive deterioration leading , after a period , to the same ultimate end , silence , then you are experiencing ‘ graceful degradation ’ . |
| 12 | To this extent , Marxism 's universalizing narrative of the unfolding of a rational system of world history is simply a negative form of the history of European imperialism : it was Hegel , after all , who declared that ‘ Africa has no history ’ , and it was Marx who , though critical of British imperialism , concluded that the British colonization of India was ultimately for the best because it brought India into the evolutionary narrative of Western history , thus creating the conditions for future class struggle there . |
| 13 | A baseline in this case is simply a complete record , a type of diary , of your usual eating behaviour . |
| 14 | This small site is simply a three-sided plot which extends down to the road , its largest border merging into a vast hectarage of vines which have to be grafted in order to survive the threat of phylloxera . |
| 15 | But that past tense , ‘ overlapped ’ , is simply a necessary fiction . |
| 16 | This is simply a geographical expression which tells us nothing about the people who live there . |
| 17 | This is called the gill withdrawal reflex , and is simply a protective reaction . |
| 18 | Frequently , however , the imposition of standards reflects a judgement that important externalities exist or is simply a pure value judgement based on distributional considerations . |
| 19 | An event tree is a model of plant behaviour and is simply a logical way of systematically identifying the various possible end results of a given initiating event . |
| 20 | Oakeshott rejects the view that the Hobbesian conception of sovereignty entails absolutism or despotism ; it is simply a logical necessity . |
| 21 | Question 16 is simply a logical device to prevent an endless loop being formed in the network . |
| 22 | Question 16 is simply a logical device to prevent an endless loop being formed in the network . |
| 23 | Instinct is simply a pre-programmed mental habit , setting up the pattern for the behaviour of a creature . |
| 24 | ‘ She is simply a normal balanced youngster who knows her own mind and goes her own way ’ Bellamy writes . |
| 25 | This is neither good nor bad in itself , it is simply a normal bit of human psychology , operating more or less strongly in different people . |
| 26 | Flake food is simply a low cost muesli made up of all the different foodstuffs of a complete food . |
| 27 | A progressively corrupt magnetic record is simply a partial record but a usable record nonetheless . |
| 28 | Susan and Barbara fear some alien intelligence has invaded the ship ; Ian is more practical and is convinced there is simply a technical fault . |
| 29 | This " non-using " state is not a " cure " : it is simply a prolonged Dry Drunk . |
| 30 | But this is simply a roundabout way of reaffirming once again the fundamental significance of the fact that while men can use the apparatus of spoken language for " thinking " , other creatures can not . |