That mere draw nearly eliminated their chances at the Supporters Shieldd.
They appeared to be heading for a night of frustration and a mere draw until the final minute.
An authentic performance was thought impossible: The Musical Times correspondent wrote, "Handel's orchestral instruments were all (excepting the trumpet) of a coarser quality than those at present in use; his harpsichords are gone for ever ... the places in which he performed the 'Messiah' were mere drawing-rooms when compared with the Albert Hall, the Queen's Hall and the Crystal Palace.
Like Adrian Monk of USA's "Monk," the Holmesian detective who sees clues where mere mortals draw a blank.
Perhaps both Iraq wars, rolling past their 20- and 10-year moments respectively, seemed mere lines drawn in the sand.
On Friday night, the 90-minute series finale of "Friday Night Lights" on NBC played the underdog to the end, drawing a mere 3.48 million viewers.
A dream candidate for many conservatives, the Republican senator from Kansas is a Catholic convert who, nonetheless, is drawing a mere 3% of Republican voters.The list of the hopeful or the deluded is lengthening fast.
But Cheryl and Debbie, despite some nudging from Margaret about the necessity of giving people more than mere subsistence, sternly drew the line at a system that could end up with the workless taking home more than workers.
For most southern European artists of the 17th century, however, drawing was a mere stage in the creation of a painting.
Deciders with more power than a mere classroom teacher should be drawing the inferences about how much of our time and energy is being expended on attendees in name only.
It's a narrow slice of drawing today, encompassing a mere 13 artists, but it feels right for our moment of global trepidation.
