Example sentences of "[prep] simply " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failing that , I have known what was , at first attempt , an unreadable file , to be readable after simply reinserting the disk in the drive . |
| 2 | There has to be a period of simply understanding how things work ; then graduating to some degree of management control . |
| 3 | There was no question of simply negotiating a deal with one American company , as producers had done in the 1930s , and then just hoping for the best . |
| 4 | There was no question of simply paying for what a member himself had consumed , whether of drinks , tobacco or anything else . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ We could make the fatal mistake in these next 12 weeks of simply changing personalities . |
| 6 | A banquet-hall deserted — Broadstone Station would henceforth be only that to thousands for whom it had for long been associated with happiness — the happiness of the day 's work , the happiness of companionship , the happiness of simply being alive on a fine day . |
| 7 | In 1985 , as reported in The Times , the cost of simply storing the United Kingdom 's cereal surplus amounted to around £111 million . |
| 8 | In a well-run company there will be no question of simply rubber-stamping management decisions when a grievance or appeal is pursued . |
| 9 | For example , have you slipped into the habit of simply repeating your commands parrot-like — over and over again — without really expecting any result ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For some schools in San Salvador , the government 's subsequent ‘ repairs ’ consisted of simply knocking down walls which were damaged , leaving the school a mere shell . |
| 12 | Such actions may be indicative of a climate of fear , or of caution , or of simply teaching to the test . |
| 13 | The scope for misunderstanding and the possibility of simply giving up the attempt increases hugely when the less tangible , less definable aims and outcomes of partnerships are considered . |
| 14 | What it recommended , instead of simply pursuing the diet/cholesterol link , was a trial to control cholesterol , blood pressure and smoking all at once . |
| 15 | It was probably at some time during that same period when the dawning need to rely on a ‘ god ‘ first disturbed the developing human being , that he started to enjoy pleasures which were not the result of simply satisfying the desires associated with his physical evolution . |
| 16 | As it does so , instead of simply becoming louder or softer , it changes its whole quality . |
| 17 | When the owner shouts at the cat , instead of simply stopping as it usually does , the cat will massively over-react with one of its mad-panic rushes . |
| 18 | It is a question of simply following the coast down until we actually catch sight of the ship itself . ’ |
| 19 | It is a matter of simply assessing the likely direction and distance the ferret may have travelled within the system to establish a starting point for the search . |
| 20 | Since the interview with Shaun Ward in the April ‘ 92 issue , and the recent huge success of Simply Red 's ‘ Stars ’ album and tour , I expected ( and thankfully received ! ) a fair few requests for a closer examination of Shaun 's playing . |
| 21 | In last month 's analysis of She 's Got It Bad by Shaun Ward of Simply Red , the second half of bars 12 and 16 should read Gn , G♯ , A , not G♯ , A , A♯ . |
| 22 | The cost of simply keeping the Falklands going is approximately £20,000 per person per year ( compared with Britain , where the figure is about £4,500 per person ) . |
| 23 | It will be suggested perhaps that , instead of simply feeling himself pulled between a thirst for new experience and a dread of losing his pension , a rational man would ponder conflicting principles , ‘ It is good to welcome new experience ’ and ‘ One ought not to risk one 's pension ’ , and judge between them by deducing from more general principles combined with verbally formulated facts about Bali and himself . |
| 24 | ‘ I suspect , ’ he said , ‘ you 've missed your usual evening nosh-up and so have I. ’ Liza had , indeed , missed the evening meal at the FANY headquarters , but she knew she would have foregone almost anything for the pleasure of simply sitting opposite this thin charming young man who seemed to have about him that same lighthearted loving insouciance possessed by the late Tom Tremayne . |
| 25 | HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MISTAKEN FOR THE BLOKE OUT OF SIMPLY RED ? ( laughs ) No ! |
| 26 | It was n't a question of singing flat , he decided , but of simply singing the wrong notes . |
| 27 | One senior royal source said : ‘ Instead of simply forgetting Camilla and getting on with life he retreated further into himself . |
| 28 | The Germans quickly showed they had no intention of simply defending their first-leg advantage , the evidence provided by left-back Oliver Schafer . |
| 29 | On your graph you may find it easier , to start with , to leave the knit rows as blanks , then when you have more experience , you can use the punchcard method of simply writing the number of plain rows at the left-hand side . |
| 30 | I 'm afraid of losing that but not of simply losing , or getting hurt . |