The phrase "a mere source" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered to be a simple or insignificant origin of information or inspiration.
Example: "While the article provided some interesting insights, it was ultimately just a mere source of information for my research."
Alternatives: "a simple source" or "an insignificant source".
In the 17th century, they were explained by the newly popular "spermatick principle," which held that semen formed creatures and that the egg was a mere food source.
Thus, rather than a mere foreign source, Neoplatonism (merged with Neopythagorism) can be considered as the Ikhwân's proper philosophy.
These results support a model where Lp WJL sustains Drosophila systemic growth via the promotion of specific host biological activities, rather than by being a mere food source for its host.
These observations suggest that E. coli plays a more active role in C. elegans nutrition and metabolism than as a mere food source, and in some respects acts as microbiota (Lenaerts et al., 2008).
To further complicate the picture, tobacco smoking, long regarded as a mere additional source of Cd, may be able to cause changes in renal function, distorting the relationships between U-Cd and LMW proteinuria (Chaumont et al. 2011).
Due to the fact that Creads acts as more of a participative online ad agency than a mere crowd-sourcing site, larger companies tend to draw more readily upon its expertise.
These e-tailers — like RueLaLa.com, Gilt.com, HauteLook.com and others — position themselves as more than mere sources of heavily discounted high-end goods.
As such, they should neither be regarded as the simple outcome of applying theoretical knowledge and engineering principles to specific technological problems, nor should they be treated as mere sources of new evidence in the general pursuit of scientific understanding.
Using it, surgeons will be able to kill off cancer cells without damaging the surrounding tissue, and promote the healthy healing of angioplasty wounds.The X-rays in Mr Rangsten's device are produced by a source a mere thousandth of a millimetre wide, and the whole thing is just a few millimetres across.
