Example sentences of "[coord] merely [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Neil was not sleeping there after all , or merely that he shut the flaps at night against the midges or the weather ? |
| 2 | Is it necessary to show that the defendant subjectively knew of the dishonest design or merely that he ought to have known ? |
| 3 | Did they remember much detail about it , or merely that it was there ? |
| 4 | The dependence thesis does not claim that authorities always act for dependent reasons , but merely that they should do so . |
| 5 | Trusts were ideally suited for such treatment since they did not presuppose that certain words had been used by the testator , but merely that a certain intention had been manifested . |
| 6 | The point for Kojak will not be the relevance of the information , nor the nature of it , but merely that he has it and others do n't — that 's what makes it valuable and Kojak a computer stud . |
| 7 | It does not provide that no solicitor shall have any cause of action in respect of his costs or any right to be paid till the expiration of a month from his delivering a signed bill of costs , but merely that he shall not commence or maintain any action for the recovery of fees , charges , or disbursements until then . |
| 8 | It is interesting that the Secretary of State does not claim that he has a majority of public opinion on his side but merely that the very large majority against trust status was ill informed and listened to Labour propaganda . |
| 9 | When master-manufacturers talked of the danger of communism which lurked behind any limitation of the absolute right of employers to hire and fire at will , they meant not social revolution but merely that the right of property and the right of domination were indistinguishable , and a bourgeois society must go to the dogs once interference with property rights was permitted . |