Sentence examples for which is mere from inspiring English sources

The Netherlands lost finals in 1974 and 1978, which is mere history to these final players, who were a match for the Spanish for 116 minutes.

Milton, in one of his translations, wrote about a "slender youth, bedewed with liquid odours"; in Eyres's version, the same ephebe is "drenched in Pour Homme", which is mere product placement.

His statement that Oklahoma will decide in the next three weeks if it will remain in the Big 12 was a blow to a league already hit hard by the departures of Colorado and Nebraska last year, and by the imminent loss of Texas A&M, which is mere formalities away from joining the Southeastern Conference.

By contemplating that we are the doer of this and that, we accumulate an ego which is mere accumulation of thoughts and create an ore of misery for ourselves.

"OK, hold on one second," she said warmly over the phone only seconds after this interview began from her parents' home in Rock Island, which is mere minutes away from the mighty Mississippi River.

For Dr. Kim, figuring out which rumors are real and which are mere dreams is the fun part.

The surface drainage of Sri Lanka is made up of about 100 "rivers," most of which are mere wet-season rivulets.

But enough about the sociological details, which are mere grace notes in "Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records".

They are comparing the mutations in many examples of each type, to find which are common to a type (and thus, presumably, causative) and which are mere accidents.

Their arrangement echoes the scene in Degas's studio while also underlining the role of their wax originals, which were mere models for Degas's investigations.

I consulted experts at the National Golf Foundation and Golf Digest and scoured the records of PlayGolfNow.com to determine which countries take their golf seriously and which are mere duffers.