Example sentences of "be merely [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are merely arrogant words in praise of himself . |
| 2 | In the same fashion , Kant maintained , the nature of our knowledge can not be understood if we assume that it is simply fed into us from outside ourselves , and that we are merely passive recipients of information from the world around us . |
| 3 | The implication behind this hierarchy of the forms of absence in James is that secrets , ghosts and death are merely pale prefigurations of art as absent essence , and therefore that any significance they might have in the functioning of the tales derives from their status as anticipatory metaphors of art itself . |
| 4 | On this model of organic relationships , the lower animals are merely immature versions of humankind : they develop along the same scale but mature at an earlier point in the process . |
| 5 | Haeckel revived the old belief that the ‘ lower ’ species are merely immature versions of humankind . |
| 6 | Similar principles were applied in Mannion v Johnston ( 1988 ) STC 758 , heard at the same time , where two separate disposals of less than half the farm land were held to be merely limited changes of scale and not a disposal of part of the business . |
| 7 | This is partly through pupil behaviour forcing teachers to consider whether they can or wish to be merely amoral dispensers of knowledge and exam technique . |
| 8 | The catch cries of ‘ I belong to Paul ’ , ‘ I belong to Peter ’ , ‘ I belong to Apollos ’ and perhaps ‘ I belong to Christ ’ ( 1:12 ) were merely subtle forms of self-advertisement . |