Sentence examples for was merely built from inspiring English sources

On the one hand, he said, it "did give approval to the idea of the fence" and did not accept the argument that the fence was merely built for political reasons or to expand Israeli land at the expense of the Palestinians.

It didn't exactly work out that way, as PayPal was merely built on top of existing, decades-old payment infrastructure  — and it's not cheap to use — but there was an appetite for that libertarian-esque approach at the time and it galvanized us all.

All that anyone can ever really do is merely build upon who you are; you don't have to be a girlfriend or a wife or any title, for that matter, to feel fully satisfied with yourself.

It is operations such as these that are dangerous, for they are merely pyramids built on very shaky foundations.

The mouse was merely a tool to build the thrilling universe he had just demonstrated, in which computers were harnessed to make people think and work faster, more effectively and more collectively.

But his rival, Mr. Sparks, and other critics said that Mr. Davis's vote was merely an attempt to build his appeal to white voters for the fall election.

It doesn't matter if the road has not been travelled in two hundred years, or if it was never travelled at all, or if it was merely surveyed and never actually built.

Michels' successor Stefan Kovacs saw Ajax remain European champions for both his years in charge, but even he was dogged by the accusation that he was merely caretaking the team that Michels built.

"New START", as it is known, merely builds on previous nuclear-arms-cutting deals, with a 30% reduction in each country's arsenal to a maximum of 1,550 warheads and various modifications to the inspection regime used to enforce such limits.

A far more common proposal within the GOP tent is to merely build a fence along the border.

There the lack of a slow build meant that the finale — which can have heart-rending grandeur — was merely pleasant.