Example sentences of "[det] is not simply a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This is not simply a problem which affects writers and journalists , but more importantly it plagues the lives of people in those regions , and those in government who try to plan for the future . |
2 | When we consider the dominance of collectivism as an explanation of what makes Japanese experience unique , we do need to emphasize that this is not simply a characteristic of Western or American writing , but many Japanese social scientists have echoed this explanation in their attempts to identify the sources of consensus in Japanese society . |
3 | This is not simply a question of looking at the differences in income , wealth , or educational opportunities between men and women or between different ethnic groups . |
4 | This is not simply a question on the decision in R . |
5 | This is not simply a case of watching the vitamins and minerals . |
6 | Mr Mandelson was quoted in the article as saying : ‘ This is not simply a career move . |
7 | This is not simply a matter of those aspects of women 's sexual lives that are so often cited in evidence as disqualifying women from running the affairs of nations , or even from running a small business : menstruation and premenstrual tension ; conception , pregnancy and childbirth ; lactation and child-care . |
8 | The overwhelming body of evidence for Britain and the United States is that such ties are maintained after marriage and that this is not simply a matter of recognizing connections at Christmas and birthdays plus occasional visits or telephone conversations . |
9 | This is not simply a matter of learning through one 's own mistakes . |
10 | This is not simply a matter of economic growth , although that has become increasingly important and perhaps dominant , but of a more general development of a distinctive culture and way of life which would allow the society to take its ‘ rightful ’ place as an autonomous , self-determining unit among the other nations of the world . |
11 | This is not simply a matter of becoming uncomfortably aware that the rapid increase of world population and accelerated industrialization pose a serious threat to the environment both by the massive consumption of finite material resources and by the emission of man-made heat and chemicals into the atmosphere ; a situation dramatically portrayed in a report by the Club of Rome ( Meadows et al. , 1972 ) , subsequently much criticized but now taken more seriously again , which concluded that : ‘ If the present growth trends in world population , industrialization , pollution , food production , and resource depletion continue unchanged , the limits to growth on this planet will be reached some time within the next one hundred years . ’ |
12 | It confirms the clinical dictum that patients with ulcerative colitis often present with a greater degree of blood loss than patients with Crohn 's disease , and that this is not simply a matter of being concealed ( or occult ) in Crohn 's disease . |
13 | This is not simply a matter of maxims being " intentionally " flouted , as modelled in Grice 's work . |
14 | ‘ This is not simply a matter which can be looked at and comfortably quantified as a constant problem . |