The attorney-general's ruling that there was no evidence of wrongdoing merely provided face-saving cover for his inevitable exit.
It would have been disappointing if school results had remained merely constant in the face of this input plethora.
There would merely be loss of face for the august institution Bernanke runs and a consequent loss of confidence in the dollar.
As the case unfolded, Mrs Bercow's QC, William McCormick, had argued that the phrase "innocent face" was merely an indication that the tweet should be read in a deadpan manner, comparable to stage directions or notation on a musical score.
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Once, a woman ( Nina Parker, who seems to get the most face time of the ladies) merely laughed.
Instead of shoving the show's emotions in your face, he and his collaborators merely present them, letting the audience connect the dots.
But the silence and seeming insensitivity of the Israeli mainstream in the face of all this is not merely a case of judicial or even moral flaccidity.
But the conceit that Indie authors are merely a bunch of lazy hacks unwilling to face rejection ignores the fact that even the biggest proponents of the old publishing system admit that there are many talented published authors nobody has ever heard of.
Negotiating merely for the sake of it, in the face of palpable recent failures, is something else indeed.
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The words and punctuation of "innocent face", he said, were merely an indication that the question should be read with a deadpan emphasis or tone, comparable with stage directions such as sotto voce or a notation on a musical score.
Are these laws effective or merely ways for the community to feel proactive in the face of a terrible tragedy?
Whether the hat he pulled low over his face protects his eyes from stage lights or merely adds to his aura of mystery and eccentricity is anybody's guess.
In fact, the most striking thing about the proponents' presentations was their profession - in the face of the foregoing objections - that they merely favored a "close look" at the idea of ridding the globe of nuclear weapons.
In any case, ending political uncertainty might merely highlight the extent of fundamental economic problems which many countries face.
Maybe he had his game face on for the tournament, or maybe he was merely in a natural resting period between exhaustive television and restaurant work.
He insists, with a straight face, that his referendum is being delayed almost three years merely to ensure it is well-organised.
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Others say that social media do not reinvent diplomacy, but merely add to it: world leaders and their minions still have to meet face-to-face.
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But the rescue of Fannie and Freddie and the travails at Lehman are merely the latest in a long series of tests that the authorities will have to face over the next year or so.
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