Sentence examples for It would be mere from inspiring English sources

It would be mere affectation to cite the adjudications of this court which are founded upon these propositions.

It would be mere paradox to deny the importance in republican Rome, as in better known aristocratic republics, of family feuds, alliances, and policies, and parts of the picture are known e.g., the central importance of the family of the Metelli, prominent in politics for a generation after the Gracchi and dominant for part of that time.

Less and it would be mere kitsch - the whole show and it's a stroke of genius.

All art has to be political, otherwise it would be mere decoration".

Even if it appeared obvious that the state's role led investors to put more money into France Télécom, Mr. Alexiadis said, under Europe's state aid rules it would be mere speculation to say that the markets would have behaved differently if the state had not been involved.

John suggested I add the stability of prayer, because otherwise it would be mere deprivation.

I'd put my face up so close that I'd be mere centimetres away from the picture of a girl's body.

I'd put my face up so close that I'd be mere centimeters away from the picture of a girl's body.

Mr. Young calls it a "simple and balanced drink," which would be mere boilerplate if applied to most cocktails.

At first it wasn't clear if the delay would be mere hours or much longer.

This does not involve thrashing out partisan differences (that, he explains, would be mere bipartisanship).