Sentence examples for merely a statement from inspiring English sources

This is not merely a statement that environmental issues are important.

The statement issued in Panmunjom was merely a statement of intent.

On this afternoon, it was not a chant of arrogance, merely a statement of fact.

There was no promise to reform the system; merely a statement of his transactions.

Given the sheepish smile formed at the corner of Durant's mouth, it was merely a statement of fact.

But the court could also rule that it was merely a statement that cannot serve as precedent.

Similarly, confessional poems — and yes, they pop up long after confessionalism's heyday in the 1960s — use the intimacy of an exposed secret to make us think that lines aren't merely lines but a statement of personhood.

Mouse doesn't read it that way, but merely as a statement which all theists of all creeds would sign up to – that God created the world.

Many, but not all, merely signed a statement saying that they were happy with it.

But no, his spokesman (a Mr Speakes, as it happened) merely issued a statement saying: "The president mis-spoke on the following points" and it was solemnly reprinted in the verbatim coverage.

How should it apply if the false statement does not defame anyone, but is merely a false statement that distorts public discourse, such as a false statement by a political candidate that exaggerates her credentials or a false statement by a political commentator about the number of people killed in Syria?