Sentence examples for merely represents a from inspiring English sources

"There is no mass 'flotilla' of debris headed toward U.S. coasts," an NOAA representative assured the outlet, noting that the map's outline merely represents a general area of higher concentration, not solidified mass.

In any complex negotiation, there is a large element of bluff, and the current back-and-forth merely represents a statement of opening positions.

Its aim is to prove the possibility of emulating Thatcher's model of politics, whilst ditching large chunks of its policy base – which, arguably, merely represents a surface texture to the interests of big capital.

But a spokesman for Merrill Lynch played down the significance of the change, saying, "This merely represents a refinement of existing policies so that we are taking a more conservative position than we had before".

If his call for a government of national unity merely represents a short-term tactic for confronting the military — rather than a strategic commitment to pluralism as a way of political life — the chances of resuscitating a transition that only days ago was on life support will be very slim indeed".

But the Police Federation has said the idea is neither a viable nor long-term solution and "merely represents a sticking plaster for the problem".

While it shows a government can "get things done", others might argue it merely represents an increase of "big government" or red tape (though actively reducing red tape also requires legislation).

Actually both mutation and gene mapping contribute to the observed errors to an unknown degree, so that 6.1 cM merely represents an upper limit for the standard error of our mapping procedure.

These observations have led to the question of whether the increased level of cfDNA merely represents an increased tumour burden, or whether other biological mechanisms associated with the aggressiveness of the tumour are involved.

To date the function of CNP within the sheath remains unclear, although it has been posited that this enzymatic activity is now redundant and merely represents an evolutionary hangover in a molecule that has evolved to perform new roles (Gravel et al., 2009).

To most commuters this message merely represented a failed attempt at humour.