Sentence examples for merely increased from inspiring English sources

Lin's salary merely increased the bill.

Lebanon's guerrillas merely increased their attacks on the South Lebanon Army, the Israeli-run militia.

What Ford dreamed of was not merely increased capacity but complete self-sufficiency.

So far, Congress's action has merely increased sympathy for its victim.

Eli Manning was doing the riskiest thing a quarterback can do, and everything about this game merely increased that risk.

But so far the negotiations have merely increased tensions, particularly in smaller countries that fear they will lose power.

Legalisation would merely increase demand.

As the Japanese example shows, procrastination merely increases the long-term pain.

Merely increasing the lot size, in Roxbury or similar towns, would not do what advocates want, land-use experts say.

If we insist on keeping the manufacturing here, that merely increases the price of the American car.

So charging the rich lower tax rates doesn't promote economic growth; it merely increases economic inequality.