Sentence examples for but it merely from inspiring English sources

(There is an octopus, but it merely romps in the background, delighted not to be lunch).

But it merely scratches the surface of a problem with roots in the way that politics has developed in Brazil.

Perhaps they feel that such realism lends the thin play a greater emotional heft, but it merely looks bleak.

I.B.M. had a services arm before, but it merely kept the company's machines up and running for customers.

Both polls were published too late for my post updating the electoral map yesterday, but it merely reinforces the message I was seeking to get across.

The obsession with "affordable housing" – a new house at 80% of market price – may please Tory voters but it merely drives up house prices.

But the mentoring never stops; it merely changes form.

"LOL" originally meant "laughing out loud", but now it merely conveys a quick, world-weary smirk.

DEFENDERS of the Facebook information stream argue that it doesn't displace the open Web, but that it merely adds a new layer of information to it.

But others say it merely created a boom market for real estate without any real benefits for the local community.

But in fact it merely follows the path of the two staircases, making them bright and open spaces.