Example sentences of "was [pers pn] merely [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he merely an opportunist who , having conquered these states during the war decided to exploit the situation to Russia 's advantage , or did he have some more grandiose scheme in mind ? |
| 2 | Did this energy have some objective reality or was it merely a way of looking at known processes from a different viewpoint ? |
| 3 | Nor was it merely a triumph for selfish or cynical British statesmen , indifferent to the fate of far-off peoples or calculating that Hitler might be launched into war against Soviet Russia . |
| 4 | Was it merely a coincidence that the fall of Boso took place at the same time as the discovery of the Rauching plot , in which Egidius was involved ? |
| 5 | Has the Liberal party broken a convention , or was it merely a display of bad manners that they left the Chamber immediately after their spokesman had finished ? |