Sentence examples for merely a first step from inspiring English sources

But sequencing is merely a first step.

Johnny saw the interview as merely a first step.

Magnanti said decriminalisation was not a "free for all" but merely a first step.

But I am of the clear view that this is merely a first step.

Senator John L. Sampson, leader of the Senate Democratic conference, said the budget resolution was merely a first step meant to jump-start the negotiation process.

Guldemond acknowledged that the meeting Thursday was merely a first step toward a union, with many details to be worked out.

But Hester Le Roux, who is a director of Gold Fields Minerals Services, a precious metals research firm in London, says that even if there is a devaluation, it will "merely be a first step, and that other steps will need to be taken".

He considered the election merely as a first step in a reform campaign for "real national democracy".

It merely provides a first step of a functional analysis which can nevertheless be of great utility for addressing many biological questions and problems.

The two principal socialist parties, the Socialist Revolutionaries and the Social Democrats, saw the manifesto as just a first step and the Duma (which at first they boycotted) as merely a tribune to be exploited to project their revolutionary ideas.

Clearly, in this paper we have by far not exhausted the possibilities but in contrast, merely have taken a first step in this direction.