Example sentences of "[noun sg] [am/are] merely [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be borne in mind , however , that the modules which constitute the award are merely an indication of the expected level of competence to be demonstrated by office workers who hold a qualification at Level I and II . |
| 2 | Sometimes differences in terminology are merely the use of different words for the same or similar groups ( such a ‘ West Indian ’ and ‘ Afro-Caribbean ’ ) ; at other times , different sets of terms refer to different classifications and different ways of classifying . |
| 3 | The collective chanting of slogans and songs , the taking of ends and the solidaristic expressions of violence are merely the ‘ old ways ’ manifested in an unrestrained and more spectacular form . |
| 4 | Healings , exorcisms , tongues , prophecy are merely the spectacular tip of the iceberg , the heart of which is a living , loving , believing Christian fellowship . |
| 5 | Decisions of either the Council of Ministers or the European Commission are merely a means of enunciating policies or initiating actions . |
| 6 | There are many different causes of uncertainty and those which are explicitly due to GIS-based manipulations of geographic information are merely a more recent problem . |
| 7 | Photographer Richard Braine 's objective during the Janneau shoot was in essence , that the camera be merely an intruder into real life situations . |
| 8 | A few weeks of residential treatment are merely a scratch on the surface of the disease — but it is a deep scratch and it may help many more sufferers into recovery than might otherwise be successful through depending upon the AnonymouS Fellowships alone . |
| 9 | This has met with considerable resistance from the staff who have pointed out that the smoking restrictions at Chesser House are merely a voluntary agreement and are not Council policy in the same way as restrictions at Regional Headquarters and Regional Chambers . |