Sentence examples for was merely responsible from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Spano cited remarks published Sunday in The Journal News in which a spokesman for the federal regulatory agency said it was not responsible for guaranteeing a plant's safety or overseeing all its operations, but was merely responsible for auditing a portion of the reports supplied by the plant's operator.

There's a key distinction in that previous sentence that must be stressed: the identified man is merely responsible for the code; he didn't actually carry out the attacks.

According to Italian anthropologist Paolo Palmeri, the leader of the village has very little power in reality, as he is merely responsible for relations with the national administration.

She'd identified me from a bogus reminiscence I wrote for the Gulf Pines Pine Boughs newsletter, though I had no actual memory of Wally and was merely on the Casualties Committee, responsible for "personal" anecdotes about classmates nobody remembered, but whose loved ones didn't want them seeming like complete ciphers or lost souls, even if they were.

To many residents of Bavaria and Rhineland-Westphalia, she is merely being responsible.

Pickles said the Met was merely suggesting that climate change might be responsible.

In a phone interview on Thursday, Ms. Lu said her husband should not be held responsible for the finances of the company because he was merely an employee.

She was merely young.

I was merely myself.

That was merely politic.

Marbury was merely dazed.