"a mere period" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a short length of time, such as: "We spent a mere period of two hours talking on the phone."
Nothing says "80s geekdom" quite like Dungeons & Dragons (D&D to aficionados), but the game's influence goes deeper than mere period shorthand.
In other words, the early-modern wonder cabinet is no mere period piece, which is why the first half of "Devices of Wonder" contains a fully deployed and retrofitted 17th-century German Wunderkabinett.
Black Lips play a thrilling 21st-century take on the school of primitive 60s psychedelic garage rock, lovingly captured on seminal compilation albums such as Nuggets and Back from the Grave; yet protean thrashes such as Family Tree or New Direction are way too raw and visceral to be mere period pieces.
But this is no mere period piece.
Thus, meiotic analysis was completed in a mere 60-hr period from the time the cross was started.
But Japan's potential output will grow by a mere 0.8% a year during this period, and Italy's by only 0.9%.In this section Overview Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Output gaps Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Markets Top companies by market capitalisation Reprints.
And our little tinpot year, composed of a mere 365 days – the period our planet takes to orbit the sun.
Ronald Petrovicky scored the game-winner 17 minutes 40 seconds into the third period, a mere 18 seconds after Bure had beaten Lightning goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin (25 saves), tying the score with his second goal of the afternoon.
Riki Flutey was a good example, giving everything in an England jersey and earning a call-up for the British and Irish Lions after a mere three-year residential period made possible by his playing contracts with London Irish and London Wasps.
