Sentence examples for a mere check from inspiring English sources

That part of the country was supposedly a "free zone," and the men at first wonder why they have been detained, some thinking it is for a mere check of identity papers.

A mere check of the biracial designation on his census form would not spare Obama from any of the routine petty racial harassments and annoyances -- the subtle and outright forms of discrimination.

It is possible that the addition of ethics coursework could be seen as a mere "check in the box" to secure ongoing fiscal support in the face of widespread university and federal budgetary cuts.

Not only will dismantling Title I widen the gross inequities between affluent and less affluent schools and families, but also it will result in a mere $580 check for each child if all 25 million poor students in the U.S. received an equal share of the pot.

My home state of Rhode Island had a mere 0.16 checks per resident.

When traveling at a speed of 55 mph, taking the eye of the road for a mere five seconds to check an incoming SMS is the equivalent of driving blindfolded across the length of a football field filled with obstacles.

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But while the company has sold hogs for slaughter worth millions of dollars, it has sent the tribe a check for a mere $11,000, said Michael Boltz, who recently retired from the tribal council.

Illegal logging of the butterflies' winter habitat now appears to be largely in check, with a mere 5 hectares lost to loggers this year, down from about 8 hectares last year, Vidal reported.

In addition, however, the analysis suggests that the illusion at the heart of cinema is particularly impenetrable akin to an illusion of color, and thus an illusion of a mere appearance that cannot be checked (Thomson-Jones 2013).

But as my colleague Drew Brown pointed out, a mere three minutes of fact-checking would have shown it was just a joke gone awry.