Example sentences of "[prep] simply [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such actions may be indicative of a climate of fear , or of caution , or of simply teaching to the test . |
| 2 | It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It would involve the abandonment of rigid conceptualism : the rejection , in other words , of a formal mechanical set of criteria adding up to the concept of adultery which allows hard problems to be solved with apparent ease by simply referring to a formula without examining the deeper issues of justice involved in the case . |
| 5 | He is not impressed by the idea of suggestion as the basis of crowd behaviour , for no explanation is given by simply referring to the suggestibility of people as the reason for crowds being influenced by leaders . |
| 6 | By simply writing to the Mailing Preference Service , you can have your name deleted from almost all the lists being used by direct mail companies . |