Example sentences of "[am/are] simply [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might , however , still argue that this work , and novels like it , merely ape social science conventions : that , whereas sociologists actually have research designs , cite data and distinguish between warranted and more tentative conclusions , novels are simply works of fiction , mere simulacra of the real thing . |
| 2 | These groups are simply federations of business relationships . |
| 3 | Genes , then , are simply lengths of DNA . |
| 4 | ‘ Biographers are simply novelists without imagination , ’ he imagines Dickens saying to him when they meet in one of the fictional reveries which are sprinkled into the biography proper . |
| 5 | Many objections are simply expressions of interest by the buyer . |
| 6 | Uplights are simply downlights in reverse and meant to stand on the floor . |
| 7 | Informally , LIFESPAN modules are simply files of text which include a module header block . |
| 8 | Their quality seems to be exhausted by the ‘ conditions of their production ’ , which suggests they are simply impressions of heat , etc . |