The raft, made of timbers lashed or pegged together, was in some cases a mere float, heavy and awkward to propel.
In such cases, a mere self-regulatory intervention without a motivational precursor would be the better and more parsimonious option.
How wonderful that the National Crime Agency is to investigate corruption surrounding the Stephen Lawrence case a mere 22 years after the event (Report, 17 October).
Whatever might be the case, a mere 17percentt of respondents registered a positive image of Americans, according to a recent Pew survey, and only 3percentt expressed confidence in Bush, putting Turkey at the top of the list of U.S. detractors.
But this may have been the case a mere 27,000 to 53,000 years ago.
As singer, songwriter Don Henley so insightfully understood, "a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun" or, in Belfort's case, a mere phone.
Buy your Sheila a special pink iPhone case from Element Cases for a mere $119.
Italy, with fewer than one million cases, claimed a mere 8.3 percent of Chinese imports, putting it in third place, behind Australia.
In both cases, mere words fall short.
Terrorism is a stronger kind of case than a mere murder.
