mere convenience
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandconvenience
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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convenience
noun
uk/kənˈviː.ni.əns/us/kənˈviː.ni.əns/
the state of ...
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(Definition ofmereandconveniencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Labels of agents, such as agent 1, 2, aremereconvenienceand have no intrinsic meanings.
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The term variety, again, in comparison with mere individual differences, is also applied arbitrarily, and formereconveniencesake.
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Do they put aside motives ofmereconvenienceor of mere party interest?
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The official issued price is amereconveniencefor getting the stock into a marketable condition.
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Expediency can be a matter ofmereconveniencefor the local planning authority.
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In fact, such a procedure may well be a legal necessity and not amereconvenience.
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With this kind of order it perhaps goes beyond the point ofmereconvenienceand becomes almost essential.
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However,mereconvenienceand expediency ought never to be the fundamental basis of a tax.
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It would be impossible to write in these detailed powers, as they involve an element of discretion —not political discretion butmereconvenience, mere arrangement.
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It is amereconvenienceand a rearrangement.
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Let none of us look on it as amereconvenience, or, by calling on it unnecessarily, risk causing delay or suffering to someone who really needs its help.
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Occasionally one is inclined to think that formereconveniencelarge bodies of people from one part of the country are posted to units from other parts of the country.
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In many cases it is not a matter ofmereconvenienceor being able to get cheaper houses that people live a long distance away from their business.
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Their marriage is clearly one ofmereconvenience.
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Any delimitation of epochs is a matter ofmereconvenience.
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However, are these conjugacy classes mere conveniences, or do they have a deeper meaning?
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