The phrase "a mere listing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is simply a list without any additional detail or explanation.
Example: "The report was criticized for being a mere listing of facts without any analysis or interpretation."
Alternatives: "a simple list" or "just a catalog".
Their personnel files contain small photos and slight facts that begin to portray the contours of individual lives rather than a mere listing of names.
More than a mere listing of resources, the book offers guidelines and commentaries by patients who asked the right questions (and by some who were afraid to ask).
Finally, although he made strenuous efforts to become erudite in languages, natural science, mathematics, philosophy, and history, as a mere listing of the wide-ranging contents of his library demonstrates, Leonardo remained an empiricist of visual observation.
It is difficult to know where to begin describing the menu at Don Alfonso, not just because it is so extensive but because a mere listing of its items would barely hint at their creativity and exceptional balance of flavors and textures without ever losing the essential flavor of a dish.
A mere listing of funding sources for a study or the author's salary or honoraria is not adequate if most readers are not able to establish the link to a potential source of bias.
At this time, I offer a mere list, except for a note on "Ida".
I offer a mere list, except for a note on what is by far the best film of the year.
By David Denby December 13, 2014 At this time, I offer a mere list, except for a note on "Ida".
The others, in alphabetical order: "American Sniper" "A Most Violent Year" "Birdman" "Boyhood" "Get On Up" "Mr. Turner" "National Gallery" "Selma" "Snowpiercer" At this time, I offer a mere list, except for a note on "Ida".
The rest of the song can stay exactly the same; it's the addition of the hint that there is another culture that changes everything, and turns a mere list of problems into a list of problems with a coded solution.
He says they are offering a menu, a mere list, when what businesses really need is a "prime contractor"—someone who will integrate professional services in the way that a building contractor integrates electricians, plasterers, brickies, etc.A few firms are providing this, he says, but they "can be counted on the fingers of a maimed hand".
