Sentence examples for mere estimates from inspiring English sources

The reason the Environmental Defense Fund wanted this study done is precisely so that unassailable data, rather than mere estimates, could become part of the debate over fracking.

Then as now, assessing how many home runs players would or should have hit under different conditions are mere estimates at best, and that's when the factor at play is admitted and obvious.

In all cases where the standard deviations are large, the parameters must be regarded as mere estimates.

The EERI emphasized that the figures are mere estimates because modeling the complexities of earthquakes is hard to do with existing models and technology.

Fortunately, on closer inspection, it turned out not to be an invoice but a mere estimate for the supply and installation of a new timber sash bay window.

These reports typically consist of mere summaries, estimates and board or management-created statements.

As natural frequencies generally seem to be better understood than mere risk estimates [ 7], we included a pictorial representation of the expected treatment gain in the final, comprehensive information that respondents were presented with.

Already, because of an almost-twenty-year baby "bust," Japan's population is growing at a mere 0.08percentt (estimate for 2004) and may soon start declining.

By comparison, the flow of private U.S. donations for humanitarian aid in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories is a mere trickle, estimated by relief groups at a few million dollars.

In order not to rely on the mere point estimate, likelihood profiles will be computed as discussed in more detail in the Supplementary Information.

In mid-June, even after the run-up, stocks were trading at a mere seven times estimates of 2009 reported earnings.