Sentence examples for A mere million from inspiring English sources

Winning a mere million pounds would be enough for most people.

In the 1950's, Dr. Reynolds led a research team that developed a less cumbersome technique for accurately identifying the age of "young" rocks that were a mere million or so years old.

Darren Sukenik, a real estate broker with Prudential Douglas Elliman, said that while business may be slower for clients with a mere million to spend on apartments, none of his clients with budgets of more than $2.5 million have stopped shopping.

Originally laid out by Emperor Yongle between 1406 and 1420 with the help of a mere million labourers, the complex is so vast - 800 buildings with 9,000 rooms spread out over 720,000 sq metres - that a full-time restoration squad is continuously repainting and repairing.

It could have been 100 million years or a mere million years; for now, that remains a mystery.

In the case of a massive, multi-hundred-million-dollar project like Atlantic Yards or the planned Vornado Tower, where the developers stand to make far more than their colossal investment, it becomes clear why a real estate mogul might want to drop a mere million dollars to win a Council seat, if that outlay virtually assured approval of a controversial building or complex.

It had conceded a mere two goals.

It was a mere three decades.

A mere three hours, claims Mr Gove.

That number was a mere six digits.

(A mere six thousand, in fact).