Sentence examples for were merely potential from inspiring English sources

Rather, the court held that the other matters sought to be raised in the complaint were merely potential defenses to the pending criminal charges and that appellant had not alleged any basis for restraining prosecution of those charges.

When the mixture, then, was merely potential, the things that were separated off moved similarly from every side towards the centre.

Traces (whatever they may be) are "merely potential contributors to recollection", providing one kind of continuity between experience and remembering; so traces are relevant but not sufficient causal/ explanatory factors.

Before then, children were merely small adults, potential units of industry put to work as soon as practically feasible.

It is possible that in many cases potentially pathogenic bacteria were merely colonizers, particularly when multiple potential pathogens were found in the same patient.

Mr. Espaillat said his potential rivals were merely posturing in their criticism of him.

"Before, potential penalties were merely a fine and could be considered a cost of doing business," says Martin Wheatley, the SFC's boss.

It was unclear whether detectives believe "Harold" fired the gun which killed 64-year-old Chasen during a late night "drive-by" attack in Beverly Hills, or whether they were merely investigating him as a potential accomplice.

The tempo of testing was slower at events where chlamydia screening was not the focal point and the potential participants were merely passing by, but even at the event with the slowest tempo we collected one test every eight minutes.

Although technology may hold great promise in cases like this, technology is merely a potential adjunct to current state-of-the-art health practices.

Will her future dates worry that they are merely mediocre potential baby daddies instead of soul mates, lovers and best friends?