Sentence examples similar to merely thus from inspiring English sources

The "serious prejudice" test in the 1981 act could be reduced to merely "prejudice", thus allowing the attorney general more scope to take action against publications.

And the Christ Fellowship statement of beliefs says the bread and wine of communion are merely "symbolic," thus do not become Christ's body and blood, as Catholics believe.

But in sports such as soccer, cricket or tennis, drug-abuse tends to be merely recreational and thus performance-diminishing rather than enhancing.There are several reasons why track, field and swimming are most open to cheating with drugs.

If it merely stabilizes, thus depriving consumers of that warm capital-appreciation feeling, consumer spending growth will ultimately tail off.

To the supposed benefit of all, competition weeds out the inept, the uninspired, or the merely weak, thus insuring that we continue to innovate.

The play's visits through the years to an early radio station with its inept announcers and its primitive commercials loses impact through repetitiveness and weak humor, and most of the football and rugby scenes with their references to specific games and players simply don't travel well and thus merely become noisy.

Currently, pharmaceutical and implantable device management of heart failure seek only to preserve existing viable myocardium after an ischemic attack, and thus merely slows the progression of cardiac dysfunction.

Thus, merely by moving his modifier, Blair pleased both camps.