The phrase "a mere section" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that something is only a small or insignificant part of a larger whole.
Example: "This report only covers a mere section of the overall project, and further details will be provided in the final presentation."
Alternatives: "just a small part" or "only a fragment".
Case's tone has the glint and the bruised shading of well-handled brass, her pitch is merciless, and when the throttle is open her chest voice is more than a mere horn section: Case is an event, a force that sets off things around it.
The line patterns allow the study of a mere cross section with a single period when the patterns are periodic.
Over time, the ZonaZoo has become more than a mere student section.
Even if this riddle were solved, the effect would be small 40 tons of gold is worth a mere $400m.In this section Who now?
Since 1980, the ratio has averaged a mere 15.In this section The darling dollar The Marjorie Deane internship Pills popping up Tongue-tied Reform school Let the revolution begin Of prophets and profits Life branches?
A similar trip to boringly safe North Korea, where no bodyguards or special insurance are needed, is a mere £2,500.In this section God's bankers Tuning out Danger zones ReprintsAfghanistan also wants to revive its tourism business, which peaked in the 1970s when it featured on the hippy trail.
It has narrowed these down to a mere 850.In this section Atomised The earth moves again Problem child Plenty of noodles, not enough rice Courting danger What a little sunshine can do Correction: Taro Kono ReprintsJust as bad are the bureaucratic procedures laid down in regional and bilateral trade deals, which may be so onerous that the pacts end up doing little to free trade.
Bavaria styles itself a Freistaat, a "Free State", rather than a mere Land.In this section Old soldiers march into the unknown A dangerous flirtation The thin green line Bang bang, who's dead?
Dome, a leading restaurant in Damascus, runs a popular sushi buffet on Fridays, when customers happily pay $38 for a meal, a hefty amount, seeing that Syria's annual GDP per person is a mere $2,700.In this section Why it is still stuck Can exotic food lead to liberty?
It is their readiness that matters; the union's capacity to absorb them is secondary, as befits a mere consideration.In this section Enter a contender Hope over experience Basta, again Murky goings-on Bertie's blues Rebranding la banlieue The absorption puzzle ReprintsOstensibly, this has not changed.
In 1947, the food section contained a mere 65 items.
