Sentence examples for a mere advent from inspiring English sources

Master of Malt The Ginvent Calendar At first glance, it's hard to imagine how a mere advent calendar could possibly justify this price tag.

£1.99, lakeland.co.uk 3. Drinks By The Dram: The Ginvent Calendar At first glance, it's hard to imagine how a mere advent calendar could possibly justify this price tag.

Large human groups scarcely existed until the advent of agriculture a mere 10 thousand years ago.

A year earlier it showed a mere 1% rise.

Prior to the advent of chemical fertilizers, rye yields on Plaggic Anthrosols were a mere 700 to 1100 kg per hectare, or 4 to 5 times the quantity of seed used.

They are artifacts of that brief moment of history now mercifully behind us: a mere fifteen years, the years between the first cases of "gay cancer" in 1981 to the advent of the protease inhibitor cocktail regimen in 1996.

Not a "mere" tweaker.

A mere handful.

A mere chardonnay, perhaps.

A mere $1 billion.

A mere $285 million.