Example sentences of "are merely a " 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 | You are merely a little anxious — perhaps you have a problem on your mind , some emotional conflict ? |
| 3 | From this viewpoint , gametes and the genes they carry are merely a device whereby organisms produce offspring like themselves . |
| 4 | I would not have you think that we are merely a national soup-kitchen society ! ’ |
| 5 | You could be an intruder , an interloper , but with only the sound of your bubbles escaping and wobbling upwards , you are merely a privileged observer , watching but not touching . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There are many different causes of uncertainty and those which are explicitly due to GIS-based manipulations of geographic information are merely a more recent problem . |
| 8 | This chapter suggests that the stars are merely a ‘ stageprop ’ for contacting the cosmic force , which the Bible describes as an evil spirit . |
| 9 | Milligan says his crazily abstract poems , such as Bald Twit Lion , are merely a 20thcentury equivalent of Egyptian hieroglyphics showing cats and other animals dancing . |
| 10 | Decisions of either the Council of Ministers or the European Commission are merely a means of enunciating policies or initiating actions . |
| 11 | The third and final stage involves the claim that relational properties are merely a special class of qualitative properties of a single substance . |
| 12 | However , if you are merely a dabbler in the drawings game then having access to the full US Geological Survey topographic patterns , architectural and other standards may well be of little significance . |
| 13 | A few weeks of residential treatment are merely a scratch on the surface of the disease — but it is a deep scratch and it may help many more sufferers into recovery than might otherwise be successful through depending upon the AnonymouS Fellowships alone . |
| 14 | This has met with considerable resistance from the staff who have pointed out that the smoking restrictions at Chesser House are merely a voluntary agreement and are not Council policy in the same way as restrictions at Regional Headquarters and Regional Chambers . |
| 15 | You are merely a woman who pretends to be fierce and , after all , you have been manoeuvred by men in spite of your supposed ability to take on all comers . |
| 16 | The conclusion states that the BIE recommends that embalming of infectious cases should not take place , the guidelines are merely a service to members . |
| 17 | This rules out the possibility that autoantibodies are merely a consequence of hepatitis C virus infection . |
| 18 | A former senior minister who has been through many spending rounds says we take them all much too seriously , they are merely a mating ritual , he says , adding , and a barren one at that , no offspring . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The systematic answers reveal that love is essentially in the inner heart of man not in works , which are merely a sign of love , though it is true that " luf wil noght be ydel : it es wirkand som gude evermare " ( 111.96 – 7 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Quite often however the question of whether materials are merely an annoyance or in fact a danger to health is a quantitative one . |
| 24 | Truffles are merely an expensive and tasty seasoning ; but morels are more substantial , to be relished intact , whole and good . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Therefore the lists of reasons below are merely an indication of the range , rather than a ranking . |
| 27 | Networks are merely an enabling technology , and the applications that run on them little more than means to an end : information . |
| 28 | Avoid situations where you are merely an added attraction or gimmick ! |
| 29 | These are merely an essential introduction . |
| 30 | These duties are merely an extension of their usual council duties . |