Example sentences of "[be] simply a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gandhi claims to be simply a seeker after Truth , ceaselessly searching for it , occasionally having glimpses of it , yet not finding it . |
| 2 | However , from a social action perspective socialisation can never be simply a matter of internalisation of fixed social rules . |
| 3 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 4 | It may be a preliminary to higher levels of spending or may be simply a shift in portfolio preferences towards more liquid forms of wealth . |
| 5 | The celebration of working-class culture on its own can be simply an acceptance of oppression , a refusal to recognise the often racist and male nature of that culture , a romantic blindness to rapid change in the social composition of the working class . |
| 6 | Another hesitation arises in the minds of some ministers who are men of action and feel that data-gathering and detailed long-term planning are simply a cover-up for procrastination . |
| 7 | Eating habits are simply a matter of fashion and individual taste . |
| 8 | Interestingly , anti-racist proposals very often assume whites suffer from a cultural deficit , i.e. from racist attitudes which are simply a legacy from imperialism and colonialism ( Swann Report , 1985 ) ; an unfortunate ignorance which schools can remedy . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ It may have been simply a moment of despair and nothing more than that . |
| 10 | Now , if child survival were simply a question of affluence as you might think it was , there 's no way you could explain these figures . |
| 11 | It is not clear if there were particular economic motives for these killings , or if they were simply a matter of xenophobia . |
| 12 | But if the move from history to hystery were simply a matter of role reversal it would be relatively unproblematic . |
| 13 | But he said figures showed that international traffickers were targeting this country as never before , and ‘ it 's simply a question of time ’ before that fed through to the streets . |
| 14 | Well actually pottery is covered in a thin layer of glass , so that when your pot is dipped into the glazed solution , it 's simply a suspension of silicone in water which ride on the surface , to leave a powder , which is really finely ground up sand , when you put that into the kiln to fire at a higher temperature it mystifies it , it turns into glass , now it 's |
| 15 | ‘ It 's simply a matter of courtesy . |
| 16 | It 's simply a matter of micro-technology . ’ |
| 17 | It 's simply a matter of beauty . |
| 18 | The runway is simply a strip of grass , cleared of rocks . |
| 19 | Yet at the same time this doctrine leads to the altogether counterintuitive conclusion that there can be no such thing as style or that style is simply a part of content . |
| 20 | One of the fundamental reasons behind this is simply a lack of competition experience , and that 's why regional leading contests like the Yorkshire and North East Indoor Climbing League are so important . |
| 21 | The fact that the masculine is unmarked in English ( or that the feminine is unmarked in the language of the Tunica Indians ) is simply a feature of grammar . |
| 22 | Furthermore there is independent evidence that the Harvard faculty was wrong in stating that the English generic masculine is simply a feature of grammar . |
| 23 | That cause is simply a preference for freedom , eleutheria . |
| 24 | A stroke is simply a unit of recognition . |
| 25 | Often a president is simply a head of state with few , if any , powers ( like the British monarch ) and the system of government is , in fact , parliamentary . |
| 26 | The main thing to aim for is simply a change of doctor as soon as possible . |
| 27 | What matters is simply a profession of faith in Jesus as a manifestation of God , and such a profession of faith is in itself sufficient to ensure salvation . |
| 28 | In this case what keeps them apart is not belonging to the same sex , rather , it is simply a condition of life that in no human relationship can two persons ‘ fuse ’ into one . |
| 29 | If not , then what we have here is simply a bunch of chamber songs performed with string quartet and with a patina of pretension . |
| 30 | That can , of course , literally be satisfied by the Unit General Manager ( UGM ) preparing a piece of paper which is simply a statement of intent . |