Sentence examples for mere point from inspiring English sources

Michael Schumacher, the series leader, finished eighth, scoring a mere point.

The words are mere point of departure for a majestic vocal narrative progression he's invented.

However, the lead was a mere point and Derby had one game in hand, Leeds and Liverpool two.

The victory was a big boost to Slovenia's chances of winning the group as it closed the gap on the Russians to a mere point.

Let nobody say that the political wrestling ahead of the general election is mere point scoring or in some way irrelevant.

He broke twice, saved match point to level and dragged the wretched Nishikori into a tie‑break, where he thrashed him for the loss of a mere point.

Not that we approve of Punch and Judy style politics, or the kind of shallow political analysis that sees holding the head of government to account as mere point-scoring.

The distinguishing feature of superstring theory is the postulate that elementary particles are not mere points in space but have linear extension.

In Mr. Siskind's, Mr. Kurtág's and Mr. Amy's work's, similarly, the glances backward were mere points of philosophical departure.

An array of laser-based infrared telescopes he built at the Mount Wilson observatory outside Los Angeles can measure the diameter of stars that appear as mere points of light in most telescopes.

But the three laws must be supplemented by further principles for a whole host of celebrated problems involving bodies, rigid or otherwise, that are not mere point-masses.