Example sentences of "we simply do n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One honest booklet on food and health explains , ‘ The main reason why there are conflicting views about the effect of food on health is that we simply do n't know all the answers yet . |
| 2 | At least one writer has speculated that Carver may recently have lost a son ( by circular argument , in that selfsame Stirling plague ) , but the truth is we simply do n't know what , if any , personal reference is composed into the music . |
| 3 | We simply do n't know . ’ |
| 4 | " We simply do n't know what to do about them , " said Clelia . |
| 5 | Whether it is so curved that it closes in on itself ( like a balloon ) , thus making it possible to do a round trip of the Universe in a straight line , we simply do n't know . |
| 6 | We simply do n't know how good they are or how well they will conform to the current Adobe PostScript standards . |
| 7 | Ronald Garrett of the F&WS " Endangered Species Office in Anchorage , Alaska , commented that " we simply do n't know " the cause of the decline — one of a growing number of apparently inexplicable population collapses in animal and bird species . |
| 8 | Strangely , apart from one or two specialist applications , we tend to find that we simply do n't need them ! |
| 9 | The more detailed and precise analyses on which these conclusions are based are taken from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ' 1976 Family Formation Survey ( Dunnell , 1979 ) , the latest available major national survey on this topic which includes detailed housing and fertility histories , but we simply do n't have more up-to-date evidence on which to make judgements . |
| 10 | ‘ We simply do n't have the facilities to cope with the number of remand prisoners sent here . ’ |
| 11 | We simply do n't have enough officers . |
| 12 | ‘ We simply do n't have the resources to keep it running . |
| 13 | We simply do n't listen to ourselves ! |
| 14 | If she had bouts of crying , she kept them to herself , or perhaps we simply did n't notice . |
| 15 | Only the truly virtuous strip their tack and clean it every time it 's used — the rest of us simply do n't have time . |