And if "City of God" deals with profound issues provocatively, that wasn't the point, he added, merely the result.
I would second Lenny in his thoughtful analysis, adding merely that, if you think the actors are shit, you should try the editing.
Chocolate cake with pistachios will please those who like the combination, although we suspect pistachios were added merely to support the restaurant's color scheme.
He played to win," is all she will say, adding merely that he has been answering lots of consoling emails and letters, including some from senior Tories.
But, he added, "merely having gotten by the bottom is not all that terrific because, by definition, at the bottom is when things are worse".
The speech was, he added "merely poor disguise for a job application," referring to the position of President of the European Council for which Mr. Blair was a contender at the time of the appointment of the incumbent, Herman Van Rompuy.
First, they say, the officers handling the line-up should not know which members of the group are "fillers": ie, innocents who have been added merely to make the eyewitness choose.
After a needless and improbable prelude set in Prohibition New York, which seems to have been added merely to fire off some machine guns, the story does much of its business by way of conversation.
Everything else," he added, "is merely a dream or illusion".
That's not meant as criticism, he adds, it merely highlights the difference in duties.
