Example sentences of "it merely [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , is this polarity of values really the case or is it merely a convenient dichotomy for argument 's sake ?
2 Did this energy have some objective reality or was it merely a way of looking at known processes from a different viewpoint ?
3 And yet was it a fact , was it the truth , or was it merely a psychological speculation which in certain moods he found it interesting to contemplate ?
4 But does the description reflect high-quality ingredients or is it merely a marketing tag ?
5 Is it merely a matter of reproducing party political views and , if so , of which political parties ?
6 There has been much damning comment about the state of the British film industry , and much positive talk of Hollywood County Wicklow , but is it merely a case of British film-makers relocating ?
7 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 .
8 Is it merely a remnant of the past ?
9 Nor is it merely a question of politics .
10 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 ?
11 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 ?
12 .. ’ Nor is it merely the heavy stuff which comes with serious credentials .
13 Nor is it merely the result of ‘ law and order ’ ideology , although that is one potent factor .
14 While I spoke like that I could pretend that Syl and his house were unreal and my projected presence in it merely an extension of that fantasy , but the wedding loomed ever closer like a rock and I , poor ship , was about to founder on it .
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