Sentence examples for a mere version of from inspiring English sources

Central to the IRI's ideology is an animating belief in Islamic democracy not as a mere version of or alternative to western democracy, but the thing itself, democracy as it ought to be.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that such a vacation is a little over-the-top, given that at that age playing with a mere stuffed version of the mammal is fascinating in itself.

Mimicking that drawing, the pen is topped by a small sphere that in the 18-carat gold version (about $5,500) is made of tiger's-eye, and in the humbler silver version (a mere $1,500) of carnelian.

Therefore the Incipit is a free translation into Latin of the Greek original λογος rather than a mere copy of the Roman version.

The version here had a mere dab of red cabbage instead of sauerkraut, and a mountain of mashed potatoes.

But the Symphony No. 2 is not a mere transcription of the quartet: the orchestral version explores the implications of the material more deeply.

In fact, the modern version of marriage emerged a mere couple of hundred years ago.

It was not the usual suspect weighed down with a leaden lid of cheese; this version, labeled "grandma's," had a mere glaze of melted cheese and was set on braised fennel.

A chaladoo is a version of a….

Unlike his version of "The Nutcracker," this book conveys no sense that it is a mere recycling of his work in costume or set design.

Zemeckis's visual tribute to the towers is no mere funereal nostalgia, not just a cinematic version of "De mortuis nil nisi bonum," but a reflexive declaration of artistic kinship.