Examples of using Were merely in English and their translations into Russian
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You were merely a pawn.
But all of the visible concentrations were merely for show.
First prayers were merely verbalized wishes.
At the current stage, the figures provided were merely estimates.
Those papers were merely speculative.
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As the facts clearly demonstrate, Khojaly inhabitants were merely abandoned.
All experiences were merely on‘the higher planes of the mind.
Accordingly, the figures in table 21.2 were merely indicative.
All experiences were merely on the higher planes of the mind.
The statements of the United States delegation were merely propagandistic rhetoric.
Such measures were merely a short-term response to the cash crisis.
The rest of the changes proposed were merely drafting changes.
The phantoms were merely projections of Xoanon's disturbed subconscious. He's better now.
The Saharan people in the Tindouf camps were merely the victims of Algeria's schemes.
The facilitators were merely a tried and true means of managing the workload and supporting the Chairman and the Bureau.
Many non-governmental sources maintained that these measures were merely“cosmetic”.
The first prayers were merely verbalized wishes, the expression of sincere desires.
The Israeli Prime Minister's promises to bring the perpetrators to justice were merely empty words.
Where the changes were merely editorial in nature, this is indicated in the footnotes.
The increase in socioeconomic inequality andthe destruction of nature were merely symptoms of that model.
The actions of President Ndadaye were merely the translation of that profession of faith into deeds.
The difficulties with the question of the flag and other issues were merely growing pains.
But what at first were merely substitutes for the human form. later became his most cherished subjects.
It is no secret to anyone that all shifts of power occurred hitherto were merely internal settlements within this group.
Two police offi cers were merely questioned as to whether they were aware of the applicant's political affi liation.
By 1895, English astronomer Edward Maunder became convinced that the linear features were merely the summation of many smaller details.
He believed that the two perspectives were merely the different sides of the same coin and that there was no conflict between them.
Well, in Paris we did sparkle for a little while… and managed to nourish our dreams… but nevertheless,dear ladies… we were merely bijoux.
Those views were merely a verbal attempt to justify Israel's killing and destruction in the West Bank and Gaza, which continue to this very moment.
He recalled that the various manifestations of provisional application identified in his report were merely illustrative, and did not exclude the possibility of other examples.