Example sentences of "[was/were] simply a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To test whether each of the participants ' before and after scores were simply a fluke occurrence , as distinct from a genuine increase in alcohol knowledge , a Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Test was undertaken using SPSS and the result proved statistically significant , that is , Z= - 10. 1839 , 2-tailed , P=0.0000 . |
| 2 | So we get two things , we get a very good new personality , and secondly , an intelligent personality , and , therefore , and this is an important part of the strategy , she gets out of the other archaeologists she 's talking to a much higher level of interaction and intellectual interchange than she would if she were simply a standard presenter . |
| 3 | But Huxley did envisage that selection acted on genes that had more than one effect on the form ( morphology ) of an animal , so that although the large body size would be adaptive , the extra large antlers were simply a consequence of prolonged growth . |
| 4 | Sir James and the prison cell were simply a warning not to go too far , not to presume too much on our present weakness . ’ |
| 5 | There were simply a succession of species of bigger dimensions . |
| 6 | IF WATERLAND ( Cert 15 ; Selected ) were simply a simple kitchen sink drama , you would probably agree that its got the lot … guilt , betrayal , incest , insanity , murder , illicit teenage love , abortion . |
| 7 | If coaching were simply a matter of putting down on a piece of paper 10 points to improve , we 'd all be world beaters . |
| 8 | Where religion is reduced to either , and treated as if it were simply a form of knowing or a form of doing , it is lost to sight altogether . |
| 9 | Of course , if it were simply a matter of agreeing on an arbitrary definition , there would be little problem . |
| 10 | The statement and the response were simply a formula , but Rostov still experienced a feeling of satisfaction . |
| 11 | But if it were simply a matter of providing skills to make their students more employable , that would be a much more dubious enterprise . |
| 12 | But if the move from history to hystery were simply a matter of role reversal it would be relatively unproblematic . |
| 13 | First , expansion was being planned prior to the outbreak of war , and the events of 1939–45 were simply a natural continuation . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is not clear if there were particular economic motives for these killings , or if they were simply a matter of xenophobia . |
| 16 | If the higher rate of detection of M paratuberculosis found in the Crohn 's disease cultures were simply a consequence of the disease process itself , then it might reasonably be expected that the closely related M avium subsp silvaticum would be similarly distributed . |
| 17 | The alehouse in its most basic form was simply a domestic building where ale was sold to generate additional income for the household , although David Lupton observed in 1632 that the alehouse keeper ‘ defies a wine tavern as an upstart outlandish fellow , and suspects the wine to be poisoned . |
| 18 | Cambridge English represented the former : Richards and Leavis wanted an evaluative criticism , because they did not believe that literature was simply a matter of disinterested individual response ; it was an index to the condition of civilization , which made judgements imperative . |
| 19 | ‘ There was simply a hope that somehow in the future things would get better because of this enormous expenditure . ’ |
| 20 | What we were seeing was simply a ‘ rationalisation ’ of the collection , a ‘ refining process . ’ |
| 21 | Rachel , on the other hand , thought that tidiness was simply a moral necessity , along with generosity , thoughtfulness , good manners and clarity . |
| 22 | His job as Prince of Wales , after all , was simply a job of waiting and preparing to become sovereign . |
| 23 | The fourth Test in Trinidad was simply a repeat of the first . |
| 24 | According to Buried Alive , the 1973 biography of the singer by Myra Friedman , Joplin pleaded with Seth to force her to stop taking heroin , but he thought it was simply a play for more attention . |
| 25 | The question was simply a put-up job , Mueller having previously primed both Klepner and Muldoon . |
| 26 | To most Western observers the Spanish Civil War was simply a conflict between the supporters of the Republican government and Franco 's fascist rebels , supported by Germany and Italy . |
| 27 | It was simply a dull dot on a map . |
| 28 | This was now ; there was a reason for everything ; it was simply a matter of courage and patience . |
| 29 | Detached from its energy source , it was simply a piece of dead metal . |
| 30 | In such a view , ‘ Catholic ’ was simply a term which described part of the population . |