Sentence examples for mere phrase from inspiring English sources

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Even a sentence, a mere phrase will do".

Accommodation of legislative freedom and Constitutional limitations upon that freedom cannot be achieved by a mere phrase.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — At a time when the mere phrase "high-frequency trading" makes some investors queasy, Brazil's stock exchange is putting out the digital welcome mat.

But the mere phrase "child star" brings with it potentially unhelpful connotations for a low-budget British film predicated on confronting the realities that Love Story left out.

The mere phrase that we would see 'a highly accommodative policy' for the foreseeable future gave relief to investors, and was sufficient to charge risk sentiment and send indices rocketing up sharply.

Thanks to this summer's town-hall-style meetings, the mere phrase "town hall" now evokes images of angry citizens, many of them older, rising up against a proposed overhaul of the health care system.

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These are mere phrases.

These were not mere phrases.

I was blessed with a privileged education, but Agincourt, the divine right of kings, the Hundred Years' War were mere phrases to me.

These are mere catch-phrases, says Mr Miceli.

You felt yourself squirming, wanting to pull a blanket over you, preferably lead-lined, to shield yourself from the merest stray phrase or casual observation.

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