First, it was nothing to do with a long-lived woman having had more offspring in the first place, and the number of her grandchildren thus merely being a function of the number of her children.
Getting up to 5% over the next decade thus seems not merely ambitious, but almost unthinkable.
If flat screens fall in price, the latter merely boosts demand for other goods thus driving up their prices.
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Thus, Labour is merely coming up with an eye-catching announcement which confirms what we already know - Ed Balls would spend a bit more than George Osborne if he were in office now.
Thus far, Universal has merely dipped a toe in these waters, and 20th Century Fox has not tapped its library in this fashion at all.
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While the work was early and crude--the researchers had merely demonstrated "read-only" memory thus far--it nevertheless predicted the dawn of a new era of molecular computing.
Morgan Chase was hit harder than was Citigroup by concentrated exposure to such firms, partly because it has merely half Citigroup's capital, and thus fewer chances for diversification.
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Thus the crucial issue isn't merely the level of debt, though at some point that can become a problem.
The company says its comments merely amounted to "puffery"--and thus aren't actionable.
Rising room prices will merely signal to producers the need to expand room count, thus moderating the near-term spike.
He merely says, quite correctly, that men are predators and that you thus need to arm yourselves.
Now, it states that a company is doing business in the State and thus subject to a range of California taxes if the company merely receives California-sourced revenues.
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Minutes are thus now more likely to move markets, rather than be of merely historical interest.
Wine scores are merely a static symbol, an absolute definition based on a singular contact with a wine, and thus completely ineffective when applied to a dynamic, evolving and multifaceted product.
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Thus, even if house prices do not plummet and interest rates do not rise, but both merely stabilise, the boost to consumer spending will surely fall away.
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