Sentence examples for merely to delay from inspiring English sources
But their efforts have proved ineffective, and Massachusetts, like other affected states, now hopes merely to delay the insect's advance.
The Germans did not rely on the West Wall to halt an attack but merely to delay it until counterattacks by mobile reserves could eliminate any penetration.
The opposing lawyers had presented no argument why their client "should be treated differently to anybody else," he added, and their real aim was merely to delay things.
The use of cortisone, which had brought Thévenet so low he said he was in no fit state to even get on a bike, was merely to delay fatigue in riders who were already putting their health at risk by facing the demands of a Grand Tour.
So do the characteristics that it took to overcome it, including backbreaking work, bravery, perseverance, and an indescribable ability not merely to delay gratification but also to forego joy.
On the same day that the Nanking Garrison Force was established Chiang had officially moved the capital of China from Nanking to the city Chongqing deep in China's interior, and both Chiang and Tang would at times give contradictory instructions to their subordinates on whether their mission was to defend Nanking to the death or merely to delay the Japanese advance.
Whereas dyssynchrony refers merely to delays in onset- or peak mechanical events, discoordination assesses the severity (amplitude) and/or distribution of counteractive mechanical behavior caused by imbalanced forces.
Obviously, children who defend themselves are merely able to delay the perpetration but not to avoid it, cf. [ 31].
She has merely decided to delay confrontation with the British PM over the matter for now, principally for three reasons.
The Wisconsinites are not trying to kill the bill (they can't stay away forever); they merely want to delay a vote in the hope of mobilizing public support for compromise.
Economic recovery merely enables them to delay the inevitable day of reckoning.
