Sentence examples for merely to make from inspiring English sources

The role of Ukip was merely to make everyone else seem reasonable.

The idea was merely to make a visual representation of sound.

Almost everything begins in improvisation, and his aim is never merely to make an audience laugh or cry.

To say that Monet had painterly ancestors is not to impugn his genius, merely to make his story more satisfactory.

He said he saw little merit in voting against other no-bid contracts merely to make a point.

Levy, it seems, was an unintended – if serendipitous – victim; Pages' aim had been merely to make mischief in academia.

Hammill, first to arrive, had merely to make contact with his right foot to send the ball over the line.

I mean, one's got to get up in the morning thinking of a deviant act, merely to make certain of one's freedom.

He said his role was merely to make sure that campus police had access to the boy, who Ralston said lived in his jurisdiction.

Advocates of corporate social responsibility meaning the explicit adoption by companies of economic, environmental and social goals, as opposed merely to making profits for the company's owners—start with a basic failure to understand why capitalism works.

WebHouse spokesman Kevin Goldman says the company, which is less than a year old, is not strapped for cash but merely trying to make operations more efficient.