But under Section 702, the FBI could scour its databases for communications by Trump campaign officials (or any other American) based on a mere anonymous tip from former British spy Christopher Steele (or anyone else).
At present almost all the world's food crops are based on a mere nine species of plants, but in the future any of thousands of other species might prove invaluable.
Instead, we're making inferences about it based on a mere handful of cases.
The truth is elusive and ethereal, with opinions based on a mere glance, a perception, a nuance.
Some analysts worry that if a surveyor's workload has fallen sharply, his judgment may be based on a mere handful of properties.
The "enhanced" model scores highly according to tests of statistical significance, but it is still ultimately based on a mere handful of examples, like Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Kerry.
THIS week's surprise dismissal of war-crimes charges against two Guantánamo detainees may be based on a mere "technicality", as red-faced administration officials hastened to claim.
Moreover, polling sample sizes are small: the most recent Ipsos poll, for instance, is based on a mere 486 responses.In this section Pulling the rug out from under?
California is a major example of a state that in 2009 adopted an economic nexus standard (effective in 2011), based on a mere $500,000 in California sales.
Law enforcement agencies can forfeit property based on a mere "preponderance of the evidence," which is a much less stringent standard than the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard used in criminal convictions.
