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In calm scenes this merely looks absurdly unnatural .

They merely show the abysmal incompetence of the authorities.

He said it merely as a joke.

She was merely stating a fact.

He was merely sitting in the place.

She is not merely beautiful but bright.

I merely came to inform you of the fact.

A job is not merely a means to earn a living.

Labor is not merely a necessity but a pleasure.

She was not merely beautiful, but also talented.

Don’t look down on him merely because he is poor.

Not merely I but also he is invited to the party.

Never look down on a man merely because he is poor.

I’m not seeing Brigitte, she’s merely a good friend.

We feared he was very sick, but it was merely a bad cold.

You shouldn’t live merely in pursuit of your own happiness.

You should never look down upon a man merely because he is poor.

Are you certain that you lost your book, or did you merely misplace it?

Geoffrey Ward once suggested that journalism is merely history’s first draft.

Only gods can create reality, the artist merely creates the illusion of life.

The ecologist warned us that petroleum was not merely a blessing but also a curse.

What one person considers to be merely erotic, others may find to be offensive or obscene.

Albert Einstein once said that reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein once said that reality is merely an illusion, though a very persistent one.

British writer Oscar Wilde wrote that experience is merely the name we give to our mistakes.

Certain courses are obligatory for your degree program, and certain others are merely suggested.

Mark Twain once said that the very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

When energy is used, it doesn’t disappear, it merely goes elsewhere or is changed into another form.

When energy is used, it doesn’t disappear – it merely goes elsewhere or is changed into another form.

Bengalis will shake hands with a male Western visitor, but will merely nod when introduced to a woman.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld once suggested that gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

Albert Camus once said that nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Marcus Aurelius stated that no form of Nature is inferior to Art, for the arts merely imitate natural forMs.
David Suzuki notes that each new scientific discovery we make merely reveals the magnitude of our ignorance.

Police in many areas are now using stun guns which merely knock someone unconscious rather than killing them.

The driver said he was merely trying to scare the dog off the road when he accidentally hit it, and killed it.

As soon as we are born, the world gets to work on us and transforms us from merely biological into social units.

De la Rochefoucauld once suggested that in most of mankind, gratitude is merely a secret hope for greater favors.

David Suzuki notes that each new scientific discovery we make merely reveals the magnitude of our ignorance.

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These are not strict rules.

They are merely some suggested guidelines which we believe will prove helpful.

In all natural processes, energy is never created or destroyed, but is merely transformed from one form into another.

Some scientists compare the brain to a relay station that merely coordinates incoming signals and outgoing responses.

Someone once said that conversation is an exercise of the mind, but gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

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Japanese students seem not merely to be extremely reserved, but to have at times almost a complete reluctance to speak.

Michael Levin once suggested that there are situations in which torture is not merely permissible, but morally mandatory.

In all natural processes, energy is never created or destroyed, but is merely transformed from one form into another.

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It is my contention that use of the death penalty merely serves to legitimize violence as a means of dealing with a problem.

Andrew William Mellon once remarked that a nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.

In all natural processes, energy is never created or destroyed, but is merely transformed from one form into another.

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Maurice Maeterlinck once said, “All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.