Sentence examples for be merely on from inspiring English sources

The fig leaf is that the ayatollahs may be merely on a much misunderstood quest for peaceful nuclear energy.

Using Eq. (8) and ignoring the terms which contain (v/c) ratio, considering the glass as the absorber material and F− as the ionized particle and replacing their atomic number into the equation, we conclude that the penetration depth is very small (nearly zero) so that fluorine would be merely on the glass surface.

But he has disappeared and is now thought to be hiding in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, although his FNL group says he is merely "on holiday".

When you watched a movie made for theaters on television, it was not television, it was merely "on" television.

Telling the girl, or not, is merely one step on a long and fairly muddy road.

For others, it is merely one milestone on a long road of mourning.

But it is merely one step on the ladder to a new post-carbon paradigm.

Either way, it strains belief to suggest Mr. Quattrone is merely on a lucky streak.

My own kids were merely on the rambunctious side by comparison, if sometimes more greenly than at other times.

The government was desperate to determine whether Iraqi troops were merely on a maneuver or were poised for invasion.

As essential as a quality quarterback is, he doesn't "win" a Super Bowl; he's merely on a team that wins a Super Bowl.