Sentence examples for may have merely from inspiring English sources

This prevented a deep recession, but it may have merely delayed the needed economic adjustments.

Then again, they may have merely lost their best excuse for not doing so.

The primates' meeting may have merely postponed the divisions, said Archbishop Michael Peers, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

But the suspicion that the action's catalyst may have merely been a dream only further undermines the story's tension.

So instead of peace in our time, Italian soccer may have merely kicked the tomato sauce can down the road.

We see no local impact, however, on timely degree completion, which implies that HOPE loss may have merely accelerated a small number of students' migration out of college.

This doubtful attribution is based on the testimony of Pacheco (he saw in El Greco's studio a series of figurines, but these may have been merely models).

This may also suggest that any arrangements may have been merely transitory.

Three years later, when Charles died, his campaign may have seemed merely a passing incident of no importance.

The Germans, in this view, may have been merely a subsidiary branch of the dominant Celtic society.

The chateau may have been merely a beautiful stage set, its Victorian-Edwardian glamour utterly unrelated to everyday life.