Sentence examples for The mere action from inspiring English sources

In fact, the wristwatch is so alien to this group of late teens, that even the mere action of pointing to a wrist to ask someone the time is akin to speaking an unfamiliar foreign language.

If the contract is no longer valid, if it has been destroyed by the mere action of the carrier in publishing a new tariff, and the rates of the latter are in themselves reasonable, although in excess of the contract provisions, how can a shipper recover damages?

"My dad was the first to spot the connection – when he heard me and my friends improvising rhymes, he said: 'We used to do that in the village.'" The Past Becomes You is personal stuff, not polemic, says Musa. "The stance is political – the mere action of us telling our stories in this way.

Not only that, but studies show that the mere action of smiling improves mood, making it a powerful antidote to calm job interview jitters.

I've also found that the mere action of writing down goals forces me to be clear and concrete with what I want to achieve.

These fears have nothing to do with whether the teacher facilitates a greater understanding of evolutionary science among the students but, instead, with the mere action of exposing students to the concept.

"When you look at the offense of aiding the enemy and take it out of this case and simply say, 'If you can possibly aid the enemy by giving information to the press with no intent that that information land in the hands of the enemy, and by that mere action alone you could be found to have aided the enemy,' that's a scary proposition," said Coombs.

"If you can possibly aid the enemy by giving information to the press, with no intent that that information land in the hands of the enemy, and by that mere action alone you can have been found to have aided the enemy, that's a scary proposition," he said.

Surely, though, their politics must give him more to chew on than if the films were mere action fantasy?

Have you ever, in a moment of misery, attempted to force your face into a smile, hoping the mere physical action may have some reverse effect on your tortured inner state?

Given the unit's mission, its defenders say, Mr. Diallo's mere action of looking up and down a street was enough for Officer Carroll to tell his partner to back up the car -- to say, "I have something on my right".