Sentence examples for mere return from inspiring English sources

Soviet leaders don't want war any more than we, but a mere return to the bargaining table will not solve the problem.

The mere return of the familiar person had a positive effect on oxytocin levels and induced contact-seeking behaviour, whereas physical contact was necessary in order to induce a sustained increase in oxytocin levels and to decrease cortisol levels in the period following reunion.

The Democracy article is still more evidence that, contrary to what urban thinkers like Kotkin are writing, Obama's own rethinking of federal urban policy is more complex than a mere return to centralized decision making.

At any rate, the fact that this increase remained well below the fertility rate of Ugandan women of the same age may indicate a mere return to 'normal' levels of fertility rather than a real increase as compared to HIV-uninfected women or HIV-infected women not on ART; 5) Only 27% of all women had a cohabiting partner at the time of their enrolment into the HBAC program.

Should the markets misbehave, however, delivering a mere 2 percent return over the 10 years before retirement (not all that hard to imagine, considering the return of a portfolio split between stock and bonds over the last decade), she falls short by about a third.

The bank's $1.3 billion profit missed consensus analysts' estimates and represented a mere 3.2 percent return on equity.

The company dropped a master key in the mail that day and asked for a mere $3 in return.

As with the Dresdner/Deutsche combination, ample costs could be cut in retail banking, where Commerzbank makes a mere 8.7% return on equity and Dresdner even less.

"For those who weren't content with a mere 30percentt return on capital, hedge funds came along and made greenmail seem like a piker's game," McInerney wrote.

Sitting through a 30% fall would mean pocketing a mere £142,000; a return of over 940%.

And it is no mere blip: banks' return on equity has exceeded 25% in six of the past ten years (see chart).