Sentence examples for merely statements from inspiring English sources

They are merely statements of policy priorities.

Existing policies on data sharing are often merely statements of the goal - 'We should share data.' Without intending to be critical, many funders simply stipulate sharing as a requirement.

Russell also rejects the view that moral judgments are "merely statements of a psychological state" (as, for example, that the speaker desires this or that) on the grounds that in that case "they could not err (except by the speaker's mistaking his own feelings)".

But what about merely irrelevant statements, or only implicitly misleading ones?

A priori propositions, Mill claimed, are merely empirical statements of very high generality.

Later pictures of motorcycle-gang members suggest that the transgression and the dissolution were no longer merely style statements.

Nor does he suggest that the Diet (parliament) pass a law expressing national contrition instead of merely making statements.

In all cases, the subjects were told that the speakers were merely reciting statements provided by the experimenter and were not the source of the material.

He said: "Let us hope that this time the view at the top of government has moved on from uttering merely macho statements to a programme of action that has been missing for over a decade".

From this semantic approach follows Prabhakara's principle of Vedic interpretation: all Vedic texts are to be interpreted as bearing on courses of action prescribed, and there are no merely descriptive statements in the scriptures.

Additionally, these references are merely general statements about respecting Islamic values.