It is merely what macho men do; it is just normal".
Ugandan women adhere to very traditional birthing practices and believe that pregnancy is a test of endurance and maternal death is merely a sad but normal event.
Meanwhile, 20/20 vision is not perfect vision; it is merely the lower limit of normal sight.
Examining life-size photographs of the bones, Dr. Bartsiokas has concluded that the alleged wound is merely the "supraorbital notch," a normal feature of the eye socket where a bundle of nerves and blood vessels pass through.
They hope for what Ms Regan calls "a new normal" that is merely bad, rather than hideous.
Early biochemical studies evaluating insoluble and soluble Aβ40 and Aβ42 provide evidence for an alternative hypothesis – that pathological aging is merely a transitional state between normal aging and AD [ 18].
In that case, the researchers argue, the marshes are unnaturally large, so their retreat in many places is merely a return to a more normal size.
In general, genetic research comparing abilities and disabilities suggests that what we call learning disability is merely the low end of the normal distribution of learning ability and caused by the same genetic and environmental factors responsible for learning ability (Plomin & Kovas, 2005).
Most antigens expressed by tumor cells are merely overexpressed normal self-antigens.
It is merely the water in which we swim – a normal, everyday part of our lives.
