Sentence examples for merely before from inspiring English sources

If there were such beings and they did such things, how would they fare in (say) a human court of law, or merely before the bar of human kindness and generosity?

In keeping with their respective application to problem and mystery, primary reflection is directed at that which is outside of me or "before me," while secondary reflection is directed at that which is not merely before me that is, either that which is in me, which I am, or those areas where the distinctions "in me" and "before me" tend to break down.

At first he merely feels humiliated, but before long much more painful emotions take hold.

This may merely be before-battle nerves -- however, now that we've seen Kylo Ren wave his hand around Dameron's face, could something be wrong with the roguishly handsome pilot? .

That deal inspired N.B.A. owners to try banning extend-and-trades altogether before merely imposing new restrictions.

In one scene he walks home through the streets of his own hometown; but if he was merely a presence before, seen but not registered, now nobody looks at him at all.

The relevant beliefs here are not merely strategic, as before, since they are not just about what players will do given a set of payoffs and game structures, but about what understanding of conditional probability they should expect other players to operate with.

The street cleaner, who begins sweeping everything up just before 6AM, merely says: "It's dirty here.

The observation time was long for most patients but differed due to dropout of medication, dropout of clinic or, merely, treatment start just before the study period ended.

Almaz Ayana had anticipated the question and, when it came, she merely nodded before smiling.

They know Thursday's hearing is merely posturing before the mid-term elections.