Example sentences of "[adj] is merely [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is merely a subjective attempt to externalise your own feelings . |
| 2 | Some mixtures of garam masala available commercially include cumin and coriander , but this is merely a cynical way to reduce the cost . |
| 3 | This is merely a random selection to demonstrate the encyclopaedic nature of the work . |
| 4 | This is merely a variant of our friend the stress concentration which governs so much of engineering and materials science . |
| 5 | This is merely a question of research . |
| 6 | It should be noted that this is merely a guide and each case must be considered on its merits . |
| 7 | This is merely a hypothetical possibility as in practice there are few if any securities with negative betas . |
| 8 | ‘ But this is merely a postponement , not a cancellation , ’ he reminded her . |
| 9 | Moreover , the commercial approach now evident suggests that this is merely a first step towards privatisation . |
| 10 | Admittedly , when young , one does tend to be annoyed by remarks such as , ‘ My grandad 's older than your dad ’ , and become increasingly frustrated by mum 's , ‘ When I was young a shilling would buy ’ lectures , but this is merely a passing phase . |
| 11 | Fraud appears to have increased rather than decreased , and it can not be argued that this is merely a matter of greater success in detection , as many of the frauds only come to light when investors find that they are unable to obtain their funds ( or the directors of the institution are found to be in sunny climes abroad , with little intention of returning to the UK ) . |
| 12 | The conclusion to be drawn from one theory is that attempts to restructure the welfare state helped to generate forms of ‘ territorial ’ resistance ( Rhodes ) , while from the other , this is merely the latest in a continuing series of attempts by UK central governments to overcome and control the differentiated demands of a series of local governments with their own local bases of political support ( Duncan and Goodwin ) . |
| 13 | This is merely the latest example of the home office overturning policies earlier pursued with such vigour . |
| 14 | This is merely the reaction time required in picking up the card and placing it on a pile without making any choice based on the value of the card . |
| 15 | And , if the situation with regard to individual psychological development and the evolution of culture is as I have represented it , then this is merely the first of many profound insights into the psychology of the ego — and perhaps most especially the superego — which can be expected but which were totally unobtainable as long as the individualistic fallacy blocked the way . |
| 16 | I suggest — this is merely an illustrative explanation — that we are here dealing with a cyclical phenomenon . |
| 17 | It is true that sometimes he does attack innate ideas ; but this is merely an indirect strategy . |
| 18 | This is merely an outline of a possible procedure . |
| 19 | This is merely an extension of the pair . |
| 20 | But it should be remembered that this is merely an early indication growth . |
| 21 | Whilst it may be argued that this is merely an illustration of the duty owed under the OLA 1957 , it may also be said that this exists as a form of liability under the tort of negligence but outside the scope of the 1957 Act . |
| 22 | If the date on the valuation is after the date of the loss , then this is merely an estimate for replacement and does not prove the item was in existence . |
| 23 | Well I do say that er this is merely an encouragement of the Greek Cypriot side , to continue in its er policy of to be the government of Cyprus at our expense . |
| 24 | I think the number of er er ex I think the fact that this is merely an exception a major exceptions policy that deals only with exceptional cases and the the Humberside structure plan refers to possibly once or twice over a planned period erm might er indicate it 's not intended to open to subvert section fifty four A. |
| 25 | Perhaps the charge that attitudinism makes ethics peculiarly irrational is merely a way of saying that it denies that there is such a thing as objective ethical truth . |
| 26 | How sad it is when a believer in his forties or fifties is merely an absentee landlord , living idly off the intellectual rent from the thinking of his student days ! |
| 27 | To say either that someone acts authoritatively or that someone is responsible for his actions may depend upon the possibility of ascribing mental states or capacities but neither is merely a shorthand way of ascribing them . |
| 28 | The erroneous impression , propagated by irresponsible people , that the Deaf and Dumb have in some mysterious fashion become extinct is merely the ravings of the ignorant . |
| 29 | But in Arab eyes , Western action over the Gulf crisis since August 1990 is merely a renewal of US and British imperialism . |