Example sentences of "was merely [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge said he was merely holding that McCrory , of Belfast 's Shankhill Road , who is on remand on a charge of conspiracy to murder , had failed to establish that the governor 's decision was unreasonable . |
| 2 | ‘ I had not seen you for over six months , ma'am , it was merely surprise that you have lost a little colour … ’ |
| 3 | It is quite clear , and it is now admitted by the appellants , that the effect of the minister 's decision was merely to prove that this sum had belonged to the appellants ever since the vesting date . |
| 4 | For all that he could be expected to stay in the Lorrimores , car for at least fifteen more minutes I felt decidedly jittery , and I left the door open so that if he did come back unexpectedly I could say I was merely checking that everything was in order . |
| 5 | My purpose was merely to show that , though it is a perfectionist procedure , it is not ruled out by Rawls ' arguments against perfectionism ; and to suggest that the assumption that he relies upon against perfectionism leads to strongly counter-intuitive results . |