Sentence examples for if they merely from inspiring English sources

That still leaves wiggle room for managers to score big if they merely perform poorly.

"If they merely say you are guilty, then you are guilty," he said.

Being the cynic I am, I wonder who would listen if they merely complained to Microsoft.

Tricky questions can often achieve little if they merely put the interviewee on edge".

The dollar will fall if they merely reduce the pace at which they add to their holdings.

Republicans will not tempt tomorrow's voters if they merely offer a reheated version of what they were selling in 1980.

Congressional procedure allows for such changes, but only if they are merely technical matters, he said, "and clearly this wasn't technical".

If the roofs of the caverns are weak, they rupture, causing cities and castles to fall into the chasms; if strong, they merely tremble and shake from the heaving by the wind below.

If, instead, they merely develop ad hoc, as is currently the case in most of Europe, they cannot possibly be delivered efficiently or equitably.

But if they are merely temporarily loss-making businesses, they should be treated like others of that sort: with sympathy, but not subsidy.

If universities increase people's productivity, then society should invest in having more graduates, but if they are merely a mechanism for signalling to employers that graduates are cleverer than non-graduates, then it should not.