Sentence examples for a mere locality from inspiring English sources

This arrangement was justified by the principle of "imperial legislation," which reduced the status of the grand duchy to that of a mere locality, its constitution and existing laws being henceforth "local" matters.

A country is not a mere physical locality, he argued, but a community in time into which people are born, and only within the existing constitution and by the consent of its representatives can changes legitimately be made.

A year earlier it showed a mere 1% rise.

Not a "mere" tweaker.

A mere handful.

A mere chardonnay, perhaps.

A mere $1 billion.

In a mere 40 pages he set a sense of direction around better prevention, new models of coordinated and personalised support and an apparent green light for localities to decide for themselves how best to make progress.

They cost a mere $2,900.

Unemployment is a mere 2.9%.

Afghanistan had a mere 0.03.