Sentence examples for a mere start from inspiring English sources

Consider 3% GDP growth to be a mere start … first base.

This riotous culture worked to the firm's advantage in the days when it was a mere start-up, but became a hindrance once it had metamorphosed into a corporate giant locked in competition with the likes of Microsoft.More was at issue than dress codes.

Sounds like a sad story, but the child's play was a mere starting point for a successful career in writing.

Similarly, while his Steve Jobs film is officially based on Walter Isaacson's biography, Sorkin used it as a mere starting point, and it took him a year to interview Jobs's colleagues, competitors and family.

While traditional commentators were still debating whether Teresa Heinz Kerry had gone too far with her "shove it" remark to the editorial page editor of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the boisterous cyberrabble saw the comment as a mere starting point in arguments with the right.

So consider this a template, a mere starting point.

"We look at this space as a mere starting point.

Many readers use Wikipedia only to satisfy their curiosity or as a mere starting point for in-depth research, and Wikipedia may well be reliable enough for these purposes.

Buyers may take this "meeting of the minds" as a mere starting point for renegotiation, based on items obvious from the beginning (That red living room needs three coats of paint to cover! Those appliances are 20 years old!) and those that were concealed (You put flammable putty there? That new paint job tried to cover up mold?).

Lesions can start off as a mere scratch that can worsen overtime.

If they are hesitant to share information and just answer with a mere fine, start the conversation.