They will not follow him merely because he saved the Olympics or ran a private-equity firm.
The media's behavior is puzzling not merely because they have options besides supporting Hamas.
Merely because he was a neighborhood watch captain does not attach law enforcement status to him.
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The Scot gets our nod not merely because he quickly turned around the underperforming NatWest.
Apparently, he bought a Jackson Pollock merely because he was intrigued by an account of Pollock's death.
Indeed, it turned out he did that night and not merely because his limbs had changed over four decades.
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Not merely because Jim Cramer is one of my personal heroes, but because I think he is correct.
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Yet we are not able to participate in the capital stock of professional corporations merely because we are nonlicensed.
Nor can a contractor tear up a signed document merely because it's difficult or unprofitable to meet the terms.
We must not protect information merely because it reveals the violation of a law or embarrassment to the government.
Some argue that this is so merely because of current ignorance, others that there is a difference in principle.
The music arrived wrapped in wisps of sentimentality, and not merely because of the nostalgia in Mr. Cale's compositions.
And again in the 1980s a court refused to allow International Harvester to dump franchise contracts merely because of their cost.
The police shouldn't refrain from doing the same to Muslim or immigrant groups merely because that is deemed less politically correct.
Two identical companies may have very different IPO valuations merely because of the timing of the IPO as compared to market demand.
That, says Mr Bianchi, is merely because the mezzogiorno is losing population.
Iranian voters chose Ahmadinejad over former president Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani not merely because Rafsanjani was corrupt, but because of Ahmadinejad's outspoken extremism.
So a horse will not arrive weary merely because of the flight.
Often, a company with only a tangential connection to a case is hit with massive damage judgments merely because it has the resources.
They argue that they don't create any kind of a contract between sender and recipient merely because they land in the recipient's inbox.
It's akin to expecting a Mercedes owner to upgrade merely because he just paid off his car loan--not caring that it runs just fine.
Chances that it will pass as written are slight, and not merely because Obama would likely veto it if it came to his desk.
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Far from consumer optimism, the rise in retail sales may reflect a situation in the US where consumers are making purchases merely because they can.
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But often it does so merely because it is politically expedient.
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It's akin to expecting a Mercedes owner to upgrade merely because he just paid off the car loan--never mind that his S500 runs just fine.
It is usually unwise to dismiss information merely because it does not conform to expectations: it might be telling you something you did not know.
But does it discriminate against women merely because they are women?
Or is it merely because she loves the dress so much?
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Legislators needn't raise the white flag merely because Governor Crist has.
We trust our liberal friends in the press corps won't mute their dismay merely because this time the target is a network they love to hate.
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