Sentence examples for merely returning the from inspiring English sources

Maybe Johnson was merely returning the favor.

Down two match points, many players would take a somewhat conservative approach, intent on merely returning the ball before trying to leverage the point in their favor.

Over the long term, the bureau's reports describe an economy that is merely returning the country to where it was at the beginning of the 1990's.

The turner applies the gouge or chisel only on the downward stroke, the spring merely returning the treadle to its raised position for the next stroke.

It needs a health care overhaul that doesn't merely return the system to the pre-Obamacare status quo.

It would appear this postman merely returned the letter to sender, even though the house is clearly named – if not numbered – on a main road.

The rise merely returned the shares to where they were a month ago before Eric Schneiderman, New York's attorney general, alleged fraud and deceit within Barclays' "dark" trading pool, charges the bank denies.

Yet this modest reduction merely returns the length of combat tours to their previous 12-month duration and still forces the US defence department to violate its own deployment policy.

In practical terms this move merely returns the state of search in mainland China to what it was five years ago, pre-Google.cn.cn

You could make the argument that Pete is merely returning to the status quo of his past — by the end of the hour, he was once again a rising corporate executive with a smart, socially savvy wife by his side.

Mr. Kerry said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday that the United States was not willing to reward North Korea for merely returning to the negotiating table.