Example sentences of "simple as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life , civic life included , is not as simple as the purveying of fashionable ideas suggests . |
| 2 | This is not as simple as the pinch test . |
| 3 | Claims are rarely as simple as the type of situation envisaged in Clause 12 of the ICE Conditions of Contract ( 5th edition ) producing a readily identified effect that can be costed easily . |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted to express what a simple thing death and burial is , just as simple as the falling of a leaf -just a bit of earth dug up — a wooden cross … . |
| 5 | I will argue that the affiliation is not nearly as simple as the formulation implies . |
| 6 | The solution is as simple as the problem . |
| 7 | I had tried this myself and knew it was not nearly as simple as the village boys made it seem . |
| 8 | His teenage resolution was shared by many young refugees , though when it came to offering their services they found that joining up was not as simple as the recruiting posters had led them to believe . |
| 9 | The right way to indicate its nature is , therefore , to give instances where it is present , and to describe its interaction with other parts of the system to which it belongs , in particular when the interaction leads to predictions which can be checked ; simple as the system may be , we shall find that successive interactions can swiftly lead to structures of quite satisfying complexity ( see Appendix B ) . |
| 10 | Dexter loped along behind , knowing things were not as simple as the woman detective liked to make out . |