Sentence examples for has been mere from inspiring English sources

What has been mere exposition in most productions is suddenly Bob Diamond-sharp wit.

"All the fighting in all the revolutions which have ever taken place in Paris has been mere child's play compared to what has taken place since Sunday and what is going on now," he wrote, with the Palace of the Tuileries in flames and even the Louvre in imminent danger.

All that has transpired before this moment has been mere floorshow.

At that point and not before we can start to ask serious questions about the impact of legalizing cannabis; everything up to now has been mere prologue.

That surely cannot have been mere coincidence.

That couldn't have been mere luck.

"All their statements have been mere allegations, unsupported by evidence".

Once that would have been mere dressing-up.

It may not have been mere coincidence that Claudette had been nearly our final stop.

But all this may have been mere justification to make us feel better.

The administration must act now, or Mr. Obama's words will be shown to have been mere empty rhetoric.