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Discover LudwigThe phrase "be merely explained by" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when discussing a concept or phenomenon that is being simplified or attributed to a specific cause. Example: "The results of the experiment can be merely explained by the influence of temperature on the reaction rate."
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Therefore, our conclusions are not likely to be merely explained by the use of medications in our patients.
High ROS1 copy number was rarely detected in tumor specimens and the difference in ROS1 copy numbers between tumors and CTCs observed here cannot be merely explained by the different nature of samples (paraffin tissue section versus whole cells).
This suggests that the effect of folate deficiency on tumorigenicity cannot be merely explained by its effect on cell proliferation but rather by acting as an additional driving force enhancing the oncogene-induced transformation.
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But to others, he's merely explaining, not complaining.
He was merely explaining how a coach's life isn't always all that glamorous.
Effects of obesity on airway caliber and obstruction to air flow that were not merely explained by a mechanical effect on lung volume have been reported in a limited number of studies (e.g., Salome et al. 2010).
The relationships with local and locoregional recurrences were also present in women treated with mastectomy, indicating that they are not merely explained by density masking residual disease in women treated with breast-conserving surgery.
This association was also observed by Perneger, who concluded that citations received by an article are not merely explained by scientific merit.
This suggests that our results are not merely explained by the exclusion of patients in regression models.
The disparity in risk between other white British and white Scottish is not merely explained by socioeconomic factors reflected by education.
Therefore, we suggest that the benefits of clozapine our patients displayed are not merely explained by an amelioration of their borderline pathology.
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