Sentence examples for merely exercises from inspiring English sources

"His concerted pieces are never merely exercises for the display of so many voices; they are always well-devised contrivances for the exhibition and illustration of the varied emotions of the scene...

In that capacity, as a UNDP official assures me, Iran does not deal with day-to-day management of the UNDP, but merely exercises "oversight".

Partly because many writers on distributive justice tend to advocate their particular principles by describing or considering ideal societies operating under them, some readers may be misled to believe that discussions of distributive justice are merely exercises in ideal theory.

Porsche said it was merely exercising its rights.

Rather, they merely exercise investment and voting power over shares owned by others.

But don't assume that merely exercising will reverse the effects of sitting.

The other parents, she said, were merely exercising their right to choose a different school.

They say they are merely exercising Congress's power of the purse.

Publishers and editors are merely exercising their right to tell readers what they think.

Administration lawyers have argued that the president was merely exercising his national security powers.

That makes it hard for the state to claim that it's merely exercising its right to send a message.