Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] merely [art] " in BNC.

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1 One approach to debunking the distinctiveness of the Thatcher record is to argue that the post-1979 policies are merely a continuation of earlier trends , for example , of the early economic policies of Mr Heath 's 1970 government or of the acceptance of monetary targets and abandonment of Keynesianism under the Callaghan — Healey regime in 1976 .
2 It is further evidence that its policies are merely the result of what its paymasters , the trade unions , say .
3 Wedding bells are merely an incidental punctuation in a life which will already be committed to career , aerobic class and the occasional night with the lasses .
4 The conclusion states that the BIE recommends that embalming of infectious cases should not take place , the guidelines are merely a service to members .
5 In the vast majority of cases they will of course on the facts be a closed link between the nature of the trade effective between members of states and the competition that is restricted by the contested clause , this is because given that the restriction flows out in the agreement the later sets the context for former , accordingly as a simply matter of fact , restrictions of competition operating relating to the same market in which trade is affected between member of states , a restriction must be appraised in the context of the market , if the parties to the agreement or the high percent market share of the market , then a relatively minor restriction assumes greatest significance , on , firstly , if the parties hold a small share of the market then what appears obstensively be a serious restriction may turn out upon an assessment of facts to be minor or relatively insignificant , contrary to the submission of the plaintiff , the restriction of competition can be determined without a assessment of market , the court of first instance have recently held that the necessement of the market has necessary pre pre-conditioned of any judgement concerning the allegedly and competitive behaviour and your Lordship was taken to that paragraph page ninety two , just siting recently the and the present case the restrictions pleaded that paragraphs forty clements and the two twenty mason were for broadly to restrict the effects upon the insurance market , however the defendants have gone one step further and also identified other markets and sub markets in which the restrictions take immediate impact , this is logical for example in relation to the standard form agency agreement the restrictions have the most direct impact from the sub market to the provision of agencies services to names , competition is effected in this market since complete harmonization of secondary terms and trades are merely the criteria available to names when choosing an agent , however , the standard form contract also effects the wine and insurance market , the fact that the agent has unvetted powers to write any insurance which he sees fit affects the categories of insurance written within this is of course is the matter about which defendant makes complaint .
6 The box excursions are merely the six XYZ maximum/minimum extents values which correspond to the parts enclosing box ; again , these are held in assembly/sub-assembly coordinates .
7 These duties are merely an extension of their usual council duties .
8 IT IS sometimes difficult to remember that company directors are merely the custodians of their shareholders ' money , rather than the owners of the business free to do with it what they will .
9 The three Which Mortgage awards are merely the culmination in a long list of achievements in Abbey National 's impressive history .
10 Maybe our present troubles are merely the consequence of all those years of peace . ’
11 The appearance of the countryside — uplands included — has always been changing and the Farming Unions , in particular , make great play of this suggesting that the losses of rough grassland and moorland in recent years are merely a part of continual agricultural change .
12 But it has comparatively little to do with his holistic claim that individuals are merely the ‘ supports ’ or ‘ bearers ’ of social practices .
13 Glasgow 's problems are merely a symptom of a wider malaise which has produced a 69 per cent rise in murders across most of the country and a 30 per cent increase in attempted murders .
14 Networks are merely an enabling technology , and the applications that run on them little more than means to an end : information .
15 The third and final stage involves the claim that relational properties are merely a special class of qualitative properties of a single substance .
16 This rules out the possibility that autoantibodies are merely a consequence of hepatitis C virus infection .
17 This passage illustrates in a vivid way the fact that the arrangements the judges have made with the Inns are merely the machinery through which the judges perform what remains a judicial duty , and also how decisions on rights of audience are different from decisions on call to the Bar .
18 Quite often however the question of whether materials are merely an annoyance or in fact a danger to health is a quantitative one .
19 This chapter suggests that the stars are merely a ‘ stageprop ’ for contacting the cosmic force , which the Bible describes as an evil spirit .
20 Using early maps , Peter Wade-Martins has been able to show that the present scattered settlements and small fragmentary villages are merely the remnants of former late Saxon settlements and medieval nucleated villages .
21 Many of the proposed measures are merely a continuation of existing developments aimed at fostering worker mobility within the Community , enhancing training provision and establishing common health and safety requirements .
22 In this context , the current postwar peace proposals now being advanced in Western capitals are merely the icing on the global security cake .
23 With only 38 hectares , its few vineyards are merely an extension of Bouzy 's , growing over the ridge of the Bois des Dames and down the slopes of forested valley in which Louvois is situated .
24 Truffles are merely an expensive and tasty seasoning ; but morels are more substantial , to be relished intact , whole and good .
25 The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish .
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