Example sentences of "that [art] mere [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be no reasonable argument about migrants if one side takes the position that nobody should ever be sent back to anywhere , that the mere act of emigration in itself constitutes grounds for supposing that circumstances were unbearable in the country of origin . |
| 2 | There can be no reasonable argument about migrants if one side takes the position that nobody should ever be sent back to anywhere , that the mere act of emigration in itself constitutes grounds for supposing that circumstances were unbearable in the country of origin . |
| 3 | Sometimes it appears that the mere act of measuring them in order to manufacture a candle of corresponding dimensions to burn at the tomb was sufficient to effect the cure . |
| 4 | It is only if we are in the grip of a mistaken conception of truth that the mere possibility of a belief being mistaken carries with it the threat of scepticism ; it is an indication that the sceptic 's conception of truth is not ours that his arguments do not prompt an epistemic crisis . |
| 5 | The general drift of critical correspondence suggested that the mere publishing of the series was anti-semitic . |
| 6 | It may be , too , that the mere quantity of the chromosomal material may have an effect on secondary sexual characteristics if not on primary ones . |
| 7 | Environmentalists believe that the mere designation of areas as greenspaces is insufficient . |
| 8 | Good looking women gather in such large numbers that the mere sight of them appeases the appetite , although [ of course ] for the lecherous this does not suffice . |
| 9 | Obviously he had thought that the mere sight of them would frighten her into standing quietly and listening , but he was wrong . |
| 10 | But it is not likely that the mere provision of information would necessarily alter sentencers ' practices . |
| 11 | As I understand it , Kitto J. is saying that the mere availability to the payee of summary remedies for non-payment may amount to sufficient compulsion on the payer to entitle him to recover irrespective of whether the payee has given any indication that he proposes to exercise such remedies . |
| 12 | There is authority for the proposition that the mere existence of an alternative remedy will not oust such jurisdiction ; in other words , the existence of the alternative gives the court a discretion whether or not to award a remedy . |
| 13 | But it is clear that the mere existence of an alternative remedy does not oust judicial review . |
| 14 | Both judges of the Divisional Court , Cave and Wills JJ. , considered that the mere existence of the power to cut off the water supply without any threat to exercise that power did not prevent the payment from being voluntary . |
| 15 | This House was asserting that the mere existence of a mistake of law made at some earlier stage does not vitiate the actual decision made : what must be shown is a relevant error of law , i.e. , an error in the actual making of the decision which affected the decision itself . |
| 16 | Their Lordships agree that the mere existence or recital of a prior request is not sufficient in itself to convert what is prima facie past consideration into sufficient consideration in law to support a promise , as they have indicated , it is only the first of three necessary preconditions . |
| 17 | Section 19 penalises possession of a loaded firearm in a public place , presumably in circumstances where the section 16 offence can not be proved , but on the argument that the mere possession is sufficiently dangerous because accidents can happen with loaded guns , and the consequences might be life-endangering . |
| 18 | Protagonists argue that the nation 's defence is more important and that the mere possession of nuclear weapons prevents attack by other nuclear powers . |
| 19 | Indeed , it is arguable that the mere possession of nuclear weapons threatens legality given the measures apparently needed to preserve security and suppress protests depicted in part III of this volume . |
| 20 | The Gulf war has demonstrated that the mere accumulation of data does n't confer an automatic advantage unless it is complemented by quality analysis and contextual detail . |
| 21 | The optimistic belief that the essence of reality can be explored by scientific laws has been exposed as a failure to see that the mere phenomenon is not the sole reality . |
| 22 | But even in a Lutheranism which has had married priests for four centuries , the notion that the mere presence of a woman acting as priest pollutes the sanctuary can still be a powerful belief . |
| 23 | As mentioned earlier , and as will be referred to again in later chapters , it is important to recognize that the mere presence of a public transport service is not a good index of its usefulness . |
| 24 | We suggest that the mere passage of RTW laws will not eradicate unions that are already established : they will continue to extract a rent associated with the wage differential . |
| 25 | ‘ The coercion may of course be of different kinds , it may be in the grossest form , such as actual confinement or violence , or a person in the last days or hours of life may have become so weak and feeble , that a very little pressure will be sufficient to bring about the desired result , and it may even be , that the mere talking to him at that stage of illness and pressing something upon him may so fatigue the brain , that the sick person may be induced , for quietness ' sake , to do anything . |
| 26 | To all the idiots who wrote almost identical letters claiming that the mere adoption of the Union flag does n't make Morrissey a racist — of course it does n't , nobody ever said it did . |
| 27 | They are extremely special , are produced at great cost , and it is doubtful that the mere pleasure their harmony gives to a selected happy few is worth such large public expenditure . |
| 28 | He showed that the mere absence from work or possession of wealth was translated into highly exaggerated forms which he termed conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure . |
| 29 | The use of let as an imperative implies that the speaker feels that the mere impinging of his will upon that of the other people involved in the situation will be enough to get the infinitive action accomplished . |
| 30 | He knew himself to be a magical dropout , so it did n't bother him that the mere appearance of a hero at the city gates was enough to cause retorts to explode and demons to materialise all through the Magical Quarter . |