Example sentences of "[vb pp] merely [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise we suspect , from the ignorance he displays in scene one of Chetwyn and his work , that his praise of Chetwyn 's university , in the next scene , is given merely to uphold the approbation maxim and thus the Politeness Principle . |
| 2 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
| 3 | It is a matter of construction of the contract and the surrounding circumstances as to whether the prohibition is intended merely to place the vendor in breach of contract and exposed to a claim for damages or whether the prohibition is intended to render the assignment ineffective and make it clear that the contract is personal . |
| 4 | The demand that , as a science progresses , its theories should become more and more falsifiable , and consequently have more and more content and be more and more informative , rules out modifications in theories that are designed merely to protect a theory from a threatening falsification . |
| 5 | Political activity here would undermine the credibility of a claimant only if it was designed merely to enhance a claim or to construct one that did not exist . |
| 6 | ( That student 's essay , by the way , was graded C. ) But when the assessor is expected merely to grade the product he/she will keep such insights to him or herself . |
| 7 | That was prepared merely to give a general picture of the Business in order to help potential Purchasers decide whether or not they wished to enter into more detailed negotiations to acquire the Business . |
| 8 | The simple grid described above is used merely to exemplify the method which , with computer analysis of the data and a use of rank ordering or numerical scaling of the judgments , is able to reach a higher level of sophistication . |
| 9 | Can he therefore confirm that either the Secretary of State has breached the security rules or that the excuse of national security has been used merely to cover the fact that the Government made the decisions on political rather than on military grounds ? |
| 10 | If our oil revenues are used merely to pay the unemployed , who now cost an estimated £18,000 million each year , the burden to those in work will suddenly increase by this amount when the oil revenues cease . |
| 11 | The concept of the testator 's intention is used merely to establish the likely meaning attached by him to the words , and this is a technique applied as much in civil-law dispositions as in trusts . |
| 12 | Only once , at the third hole , could the Sykeses use the advantage to win a hole — at the other three stroke holes it was needed merely to scramble a half . |
| 13 | This is not needed merely to run the factories properly — which is what foreign managers ' present jobs mainly amount to . |
| 14 | If the document is provided merely to cover the seller , it could scarcely be regarded as fair and reasonable in most cases . |
| 15 | In subsequent weeks , the women were asked merely to record the food and drink they consumed during binges and to note whether or not vomiting or laxative abuse had occurred . |
| 16 | One ploy would be quickly to issue orders and have goods delivered merely to fulfil the budget . |