Sentence examples similar to we merely opened from inspiring English sources

They merely opened the door.

But that volume, published by Edward Capell, merely opened a prolonged debate about the play's authorship.

By devoting the Social Security surplus to guns and tax cuts, the risk is that he has merely opened the floodgates.

But Prof Hawking's frank admission that even he was stumped by the question merely opened a lengthy response.

She merely opened the deep bottom drawer of her desk and pointed to a bottle of bourbon — and a pistol.

Her cabinet reshuffle this month was supposed to reassert her authority but has merely opened new wounds and caused fresh resentments.

Mr. Bruno merely opened doors for his clients through actions like introducing them to officials in unions and state agencies, Mr. Lowell argued.

But this merely opened up new fissures in the state's Unionist coalition, which included some deeply conservative men who insisted that the institution of slavery must remain intact.

Mr Jospin cannot bear to concede that he has privatised anything; he has merely "opened public companies to capital"; Mr Chirac is barely less timid in extolling the virtues of a free market.

That peace deal was supposed to put an end to more than half a century of war, but in much of rural Colombia, the demobilisation has merely opened the way for other armed groups.

But because Chambliss was only one of several suspects publicly identified by Alabama authorities, his trial merely opened the door to more questions for anyone who wanted to know the full story.