At the start, I worried that the film might prove merely winsome, like a Maryland "Amélie," but Hawkins makes it taut and fierce.
But they said Continental's offer was likely to prove merely the latest move in a series of negotiations on the $11.6 billion US Airways/ Unitedmerger.
Diallo's lawyers will have to prove merely that it was "more likely than not" that Strauss-Kahn committed an assault.
But after two free throws by Othella Harrington (9 points, 12 rebounds) put the Knicks ahead, 91-88, Jordan, so often a superhero in the Garden, proved merely mortal.
Most surprising was not that Brazil and Argentina lost, but that while fearsome in reputation, they proved merely fragile on the field, delicate, brittle and cracking under the first sign of strain.
No agreement was reached by the deadline, and even after a budget is enacted, the standoff could prove merely a prelude to a bigger impasse over the debt ceiling.
BRIAN KEARNEY, an auctioneer wearing a black suit and red tie, stood at the front door of 593 President Street in Park Slope on Tuesday, holding a wooden gavel that proved merely decorative, since there was nothing on which to bang it.
Indeed, as with all true "cult" movies (a term that has become sorely misused of late), Scott Pilgrim's failure in theatres may prove merely a necessary precursor to its home-viewing resurrection as a die-hard fan-based favourite.
Previous tablets have proved merely niche devices – despite support from luminaries such as Bill Gates, who famously announced in 2001 that he believed they would be the most popular form of computer within five years.
Many scientists, however, deny that any important data was held back and say that the e-mail messages and documents will in the end prove merely another manufactured controversy.
