Example sentences of "simply [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not therefore the place to discuss alternatives in these areas yet again , but simply to acknowledge that they do and will affect our response as managers within the education service . |
| 2 | So I think , like Ellen Willis , that ‘ it would be clearer and more logical simply to acknowledge that some sexual images are offensive and some are not . ’ |
| 3 | I am not inferring from what I see that there is a sheep in the field ; I take myself simply to see that there is one . |
| 4 | Simply to report that there are no further demelo developments on the use of silence in worship , since our last meeting . |
| 5 | Thus to claim that Atlantis actually existed , or that Achilles actually existed , is not to ascribe the property of existence to Atlantis or Achilles qua objects of thought , but simply to claim that the world contained Atlantis or Achilles . |
| 6 | It was enough simply to know that otters were out there somewhere . |
| 7 | Simply to observe that a job is running late and the profit margin is being squeezed will achieve nothing . |
| 8 | According to them , to accept the legitimacy of an authority is simply to accept that whatever other reasons there may be for a certain action , its being required by the authority is an additional reason for its performance . |
| 9 | England seem to have come an awfully long way simply to discover that it 's a small world , and the Irish did not need reminding about Murphy 's Law . |
| 10 | ( I think that Bread Not Stone is more hesitant here than In Memory of Her : she speaks of there being one vision , whereas in In Memory of Her she appears simply to suggest that in our suffering and our courage we are one with first-century women . ) |
| 11 | The best solution from my point of view is simply to recognise that rivers are part of the natural heritage of our country and that they should be made public rights of way , just as footpaths are . |
| 12 | It is simply to recognise that the structure of the ‘ proof ’ in both cases , in Rawls 's case an a priori proof , in Kohlberg 's case an experimental one , actually presupposes what it sets out to establish . |
| 13 | Simply to hope that such things will be taught through other subjects is not satisfactory for a planning document even at the discussion stage . |
| 14 | One set of interviews , with the literary editors of national newspapers , was carried out using half a dozen ‘ topic headings ’ simply to ensure that at each interview I covered the ground I had decided beforehand was important for my purpose . |
| 15 | Bush has made it plain that US forces are there simply to ensure that relief gets through to those who need it , although it might help more if the troops sorted out the renegade gangs stealing the food . |
| 16 | A lengthy period , if it 's unusual , can be an indication of an early miscarriage , so it 's worth checking with your GP to see that all is well , simply to ensure that any future pregnancies go smoothly . |
| 17 | The objective of the Government , as we have said before , is not to penalise property held on discretionary trust — or other settled property — but simply to ensure that property held in this form does not continue to have the capital tax advantages it has in practice enjoyed with estate duty by comparison with property beneficially owned by individuals . |
| 18 | to say what sort of jobs should be provided , but simply to ensure that the jobs that are provided do not have adverse environmental consequences that are are unacceptable . |
| 19 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |
| 20 | Er yes chair , I 'm not going to repeat the point I made yesterday but simply to clarify that the proposal Mr has outlined is not a proposal incorporated in the deposit U D P . |
| 21 | But many Japanese companies ' strategy is now simply to pray that the yen will fall in this fiscal year . |
| 22 | On the other hand it is not enough simply to say that Libyans were inconsistent because they could not change their ideas fast enough to keep up with their changing society . |
| 23 | This is not simply to say that emotions are expressed , but that emotions are reformed , cleansed , redirected and redeemed . |
| 24 | On the one hand it can be used simply to say that whilst theory is essential and desirable it nevertheless depends for its validity on observation ( of an empirical kind ) . |
| 25 | After the cremation , while the few mourners were looking gloomily at the flowers , his uncle 's solicitor , a partner in the Ipswich practice , spoke to Lewis simply to say that he believed he already knew the contents of the will . |
| 26 | It is sometimes argued that direct persuasion applied by A to B not to perform his contract is itself the procurement of breach by unlawful means , but the argument is circular and it seems better simply to say that in this form of the tort no use of unlawful means is required . |
| 27 | Simply to say that postnominal attributives are reduced relatives gives an answer to neither of our questions ( p. 43 ) . |
| 28 | My first , er , but sad duty is simply to say that Sir Kenneth , our President , had hoped to be here , but he 's had er , an operation and er , he is not really quite well enough , so I was asked as a Vice-President , whether I would stand in for him , at the weekend , and er I shall do my best , and erm , I 'm glad to have to opportunity of doing one or two things , but we 'll come to those in due time . |
| 29 | This means that it is not necessary to require that the wavefunction is unchanged by the interchange of two identical particles but simply to specify that if it does change it does so in one of these trivial , physically equivalent , ways . |
| 30 | The purpose of our paper was simply to show that the Parsonnet system can be applied easily and effectively to cardiac surgical practice in Britain . |