Natives of São Paulo, meanwhile, are merely impressed with the Harley-Davidsons, the captain said.
At that time she was merely impressed with Chinese ingenuity, finding the cookies an amusing and clever idea.
Thus, in turn, instead of being merely impressed by an actor's verisimilitude, we might even have been moved by the character, too... if only the slightly aloof and chilly quality of the writing hadn't scuppered the chance of viewers making an emotional connection.
After a white-knuckle week of testing both 2015 models, we were smitten by the four-door M3 but merely impressed with the two-door M4.
Independent filmmaking is an open field; directors are usually, of necessity, their own producers, or working in close sympathy with producers who share their vision — which is why it's all the more surprising when independent filmmakers don't give the impression of rethinking the filmmaking process but merely impressing their subjects and styles on ready-made structures.
They are less likely to do a deal merely to impress the public, says Daniel J. Donoghue, the managing director of mergers & acquisitions at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis, Minnesota; rather, they use acquisitions to buy the talent and technology they need.
They are less likely to do a deal merely to impress the public, opines Daniel J. Donoghue, managing director of mergers and acquisitions at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis; rather, they use acquisitions to buy the talent and technology they need.
Overall, this launch concert impressed not merely as the beginning of something culturally inspiring, but as a musical event of genuine artistic value.
Its amenities knobs, switches and controls are just out of the stock Ford parts bin don't offend but hardly impress, and handling is merely stable.
New, more careful counts revealed that previous censuses had been inflated by officials who either were in connivance with poachers or were merely eager to impress their superiors.
The bellicose preacher Guillaume Farel, unable himself to contain the violence he had helped to unleash, laid hold of Calvin, who was merely passing through the city, and impressed him into the unwelcome task of leadership.
