Sentence examples for merely common from inspiring English sources

In "Union Street," most people were poor, but some were clean and respectable, while others were rough or merely common.

In a contest between two people for one job, first past the post seems to be merely common sense.

In truth, much of what passes for radical reform in the health service is merely common sense.

To qualify as a crime against humanity, rather than as merely common murder, rape or assault, the violence must be part of a widespread or systemic pattern.

4. Robert Vanderschraaf reminded me in conversation that a crucial assumption in this problem is that the cook is telling the diners the truth, that is, the cook's announcement generates common knowledge and not merely common belief that there is at least one messy individual.

Few recognised the tongue-in-cheek aspect; Mitford received hundreds of letters from worried readers desperate to know if they were snobs or merely "common".

Last year we moved beyond the traditional view of global commons as merely the common heritage of humankind outside national jurisdiction.

His books triggered outrage and controversy, particularly in Europe, but Ryckmans said, "I was merely stating common sense, evidence and common knowledge, [which] may have disturbed some fools here and there".

During the Middle Ages the word may often have been considered merely vulgar, having been in common use in its anatomical sense since at least the 13th century.

But otherwise, gender inequality in these fields is primarily not a function of sexism, merely of common sense.

Yet the lines that follow merely reiterate common platitudes about players from warm climates struggling in cold temperatures – the Messi on a Tuesday night in Stoke paradigm.