Sentence examples for mere purchase from inspiring English sources

There are evidently some who judge that the mere purchase of a match ticket means they are perfectly entitled to bellow the hope that a player's kid gets cancer, or to participate in the tribal bonding ritual that is the musical commemoration of an air disaster or the sonic simulation of Hitler's gas chambers.

West, however, though not a Folio owner himself, has by his scholarly labours on Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies managed to achieve a feat beyond the means of any Folger or Goldfinger, one which would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to attain by mere purchase.

For Stella and the sex worker movement, we're a bit annoyed: why is the media only focusing on sex work?" But according to police, the scope of the investigation went beyond the mere purchase of sexual services.

For Stella and the sex worker movement, we're a bit annoyed: Why is the media only focusing on sex work?" But according to police, the scope of the investigation went beyond the mere purchase of sexual services.

Moskowitz qualified his interpretation by disagreeing with the government's assertion that the mere purchase of the fins constituted an activity in support of fishing, pointing out that that would make into a fishing vessel any ship where someone aboard purchased a single fin for personal use.

Still, Chinese purchases and start-ups should deepen ties in ways that mere purchases of foreign products cannot do, said Stephen A. Orlins, the National Committee's president.

His life is empty, and he seems to have a level of contempt for his fellow human beings that puts him a mere chainsaw purchase away from being Patrick Bateman.

For the Eco Conscious: A mere $10 will purchase 2,000 pounds of carbon load coverage to offset your spouse's footprint, and make their green heart simply glow with happiness.

You have mere hours to purchase the ticket at a $250 discount.

For a mere 99 cents I purchased Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie" on the A side and "Hollywood Swinging" on side B. Uplifting music in the age of black power rebellion?

The mere act of purchasing a turkey would find me paralyzed in front of the supermarket turkey collection like a deer transfixed by headlights.