In this respect, the Fourteenth Amendment merely reflected a principle then dominant in our national life.
There is no refuge in the argument that Jackson merely reflected the values of his time.
The court has often shaped rather than merely reflected public opinion most famously on civil rights.
Felony Fights, Lynch continued, merely reflected the reality of the streets.
But admirers said the work merely reflected the reality that migration is ubiquitous.
Mr. Gonzales, for all of his undeniable deficiencies, merely reflected the principles of this administration.
Scott McClellan, Mr. Bush's spokesman, said the rate increase merely reflected the economy's strength.
But these banks merely reflected the economic conditions of the communities they served; they could not change them.
In an interview Wednesday, he said Sinclair's reporting merely reflected the candidates' differing approaches to the news media.
But Hacked Off claimed that WAN-IFRA had merely reflected the views of "scaremongering" newspaper publishers in Britain.
Serhiy Tihipko, chairman of Mr Yanukovich's campaign, argues that his candidate's exposure merely reflected his work as prime minister.
