Sentence examples for merely step in from inspiring English sources

One of the arguments constantly put about by big sponsors of sporting events, when they are asked to speak up or take action in the wake of corruption allegations, is that if they pull out, their rivals will merely step in.

For the manager of an opera house to claim that he is merely stepping in the footsteps of Bing is rather like a Presidential candidate suggesting that he is only doing what John F. Kennedy might have done).

By this thinking, Inside Out is merely Step 1 in a longer arc toward some emotional Zen.

But Mr. Piro called the recommendations merely "a step in the right direction".

"The jury's verdict is merely one step in the legal process.

"We don't see it as harassing," Mr. Cohen said, adding that it was merely another step in the aggressive "brand campaign that got us noticed".

This appearance was merely another step in the fallen American celebrity's path to redemption: Buckner had completed another important one two years earlier, by playing himself in a sitcom.

Christie's and Sotheby's are now scarcely distinguishable from private dealers anyway: they in effect manage and represent living artists, and the Hirst auction is merely another step in cutting gallery dealers out of the loop.

There has been at least one other account of O'Connor's life (written by Jean W. Cash and deemed merely "a step in the right direction" by Publishers Weekly in 2002).

They did use garrottes, although given his eagerness to suggest them to the increasingly sarcastic Sergeant Moss, I wonder if the death is not as straightforward as suggested and merely another step in Campbell's mysterious "ultimate plan".

Census takers overlook more people in New York than in any other major American city, surveys have shown, but the questionnaires that city officials have urged every New Yorker to complete are merely one step in a process that has already begun and continues for months or even years after the official count.