Sentence examples for merely a degree from inspiring English sources

The question as to whether they truly broke with the past or were merely a degree of reform touches on a difficult issue, namely, the dichotomy between tradition and foreign influences in the codification of criminal law.

Yet the U.S. military era in Afghanistan has brought no great gifts, merely a degree of stability and limited freedom.

Since the current results could be explained by the median post-operative follow-up period of five years in our study and the good overall clinical outcome from THR, it could be argued that the finding is merely a degree of skew, which is to be expected given the timing of measures relative to the intervention, and this can explain the skew in sum score distribution.

He said he was probably the only professional dilettante in his field who has merely an M.D. degree.

But to a degree, BIDs are merely copying what Britain's most successful business district already does.

They will be merely 1/3 of a degree apart, that is, a rollerball pen's width at arm's length.

Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, of the University of California, San Francisco, and a member of the task force, said differences in the recommendations were merely a matter of degree.

In reality it had been both at the same time – and, indeed, had always been so – it was merely a question of degree.

The distinctions between the early Jacobean and the preceding Elizabethan styles are subtle ones, often merely a question of degree, for although the dynasty changed, there was no distinct stylistic transition.

Pace Berkeley, the difference between these types of states is not merely a matter of degree: feeling the warmth of a fire is not like a feeling of pain.

They should also know what defines us as human and realize that some of the differences between us and other primates are not absolute but merely a matter of degree.