Sentence examples for were merely for from inspiring English sources

The I.O.C. rejected the Austrians' claim that the blood treatments were merely for therapeutic reasons.

Hamilton sublet a series of apartments, but, in Gunn's opinion, these were merely for "lovers".

Atget claimed his work was utilitarian, that his photographs were merely for the use of artists.

It was the assumption that comics were merely for children that created the confusion.

Lucien Rajakarunanyake, a government spokesman, rejected the suggestion that General Fonseka was in danger, saying that the troops outside the hotel were merely for his safety.

The author also disputes the notion that these libraries were merely for show, arguing that many of them were profoundly scholarly, assembled with meticulous care, and frequently used for intellectual pursuits.

Its values are never realistic and often are merely for embellishment or for decorative purposes.

When the arbiter finally sent off John Heitinga in extra time, that was merely for accumulated offenses.

Berdych runs for it, but his pursuit is merely for form's sake.

The company insists that it is not and that the name change is merely for "clarification".

A network's Service Set Identifier (SSID) is merely for organizational purposes; it is not an authentication method.