Example sentences of "[prep] simply [verb] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it recommended , instead of simply pursuing the diet/cholesterol link , was a trial to control cholesterol , blood pressure and smoking all at once . |
| 2 | This was preferred to the normal process of simply making the hair greyer , and the stars did not like the set of wigs that was originally intended to be used . |
| 3 | Three of these types depend on input from the organ of the same side , another responds to stimuli received by both sides , while a third type is unusual in simply measuring the repetition rate of the sound pattern . |
| 4 | If the level of this is set too high , there may be an adjuster which controls it , or you may be able to simply bend the float arm down to the correct level . |
| 5 | In the Windows version of Messages a totally realistic message form appears on-screen at the touch of a hot-key , or have it hovering in the wings by simply adding the Messages Icon to the Windows Start-Up Group . |
| 6 | But attackers have hijacked cars waiting at traffic lights and road junctions by simply opening the passenger door , jumping in and forcing the driver to a more deserted area . |
| 7 | Labov , by simply altering the test situation , such as by creating informality or having two youths to one researcher etc. , came up with far ‘ better ’ results for clever youths who had been labelled ESN ( educationally subnormal ) by the conventional system . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman has acknowledged , indeed it is in his report , that , by simply increasing the income support rate , all that we do is cause the fees to rise behind it . |