Sentence examples for has merely given from inspiring English sources

But the title split has merely given Yale a taste of success and a hunger for more.

Socrates regularly objects that the interlocutor has merely given him a list, whereas he wants to know what all the items on the list have in common and what makes them all instances of one kind.

NHS Trusts – the employers, who actually matter – are in favour of the contract, and Hunt has merely given it the green light.

On free agency, James stressed that he had merely given himself options.

He had claimed that he knew how to launder money, and Grimm had merely given him the opportunity to do so.

Lustig denies personal autonomy for laudably humane reasons – because he wants to deconstruct the prejudice that obese people have merely given in to "gluttony and sloth".

But Mr. Corzine offered no apology for his attacks on Mr. Christie's character, saying he had merely given as good as he got.

The John Jay findings rebut the notion advanced by some church officials that many accused priests had merely given a youngster an ambiguous pat that was misconstrued or made an inappropriate remark.

Then on March 5th EU finance ministers (with only Britain objecting) agreed to cap bankers' bonuses to 100% of their basic salary, or 200% if shareholders vote for it.If the Swiss had merely given shareholders an annual vote on pay, it would have been a good thing; but the accompanying bans are not.

Here s : N+1 → N takes the natural number n to its successor n+1, and the new point in N+1 to the number 0. Up until now, we have merely given examples of algebras for different functors.

Greens leader James Shaw told the New Zealand Herald the "prohibition model" hadn't worked with regards to marijuana and had merely given control of the trade over to gangs.