Sentence examples for the problem is merely from inspiring English sources

So the problem is merely pushed back a step.

Knowing the extent of the problem is merely the first step in finding the right answer.

When a duplicate has appeared the problem is merely to determine which is the original and which is the copy.

That lost ring or remote control still exists; the problem is merely that its exact coördinates happen to be unknown.

Unless flood barriers are placed along rivers from near the source to the sea, the problem is merely moved downstream.

Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year.

The problem was merely transformed.

If the problem were merely aesthetic, Mr. Hall said, he might not make such a fuss.

If the problem were merely Tory ignorance, she says that would be relatively easy to solve.

The countryside around Troy was filled with excellent dairy farms — the problem was merely a matter of craft.

Shumpert, a rookie guard, left the game in the fourth quarter, but the problem was merely leg cramps.