Sentence examples for merely forecast from inspiring English sources

I have merely forecast that it will happen (and, of course, that it will happen whether I say so or not).

That pitch and catch, he meant, so improbable and dramatic that it made a sidebar of the actual game-winner, a 13-yard pass to an open Plaxico Burress, who had merely forecast the Giants' upset of the Patriots.

Jim Hoke, a director with 32 years experience at the National Weather Service, has heard all the jokes about weather forecasting, like Larry David's jab on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" that weathermen merely forecast rain to keep everyone else off the golf course.

Tony Abbott noted last year that: "If the government really thinks that a surplus can be delivered, as opposed to being merely forecast, why is it proposing to add a further $50bn to the Commonwealth's debt ceiling?" Later in the year, Joe Hockey added, "The previous debt ceiling of $250bn was raised by Labor to $300bn in the May budget further confirming its inability to curb its debt addiction".

Nor can they claim theirs is no more than a cold, analytical judgment, merely forecasting rather than endorsing the logical consequences of a current course of action.

Next year's growth projection for China has merely been shaved, from 9.8% to 9.5%, but forecasts for some countries have been shorn.

It said despite the increase in the PPI bill it still expected to meet market expectations for third quarter profits, but analysts said merely meeting forecasts would be seen as disappointing.

But Mr. Conrad said the forecast merely highlighted the urgency of enacting a stimulus program to prevent the recession from getting worse.

They caution, however, that this is not a forecast but merely a possibility, and that it is unclear how much the oil would dissipate as it traveled in these currents Q.

Last year, a senior Google executive, who has since left the company, observed that until late that year Google never had a systematic process for developing an annual budget or allocating capital across businesses; instead, budgeting was merely a simple forecast for each of the products.

This is not merely because economic forecasting is difficult.