mere presence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmereandpresence
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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk/mɪər/us/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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presence
noun
uk/ˈprez.əns/us/ˈprez.əns/
the fact that someone or something is in ...
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Examplesofmere presence
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Hermerepresenceappeared to instil a needed sense of guilt and shame in the children she assumed as her moral burden.
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Themerepresenceof party ratio stacking indicates a partisan element in committee selection and drawing from the parties separately eliminates that element.
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However, by the end of the 1990s it was clear that themerepresenceof multiple political parties does not ensure democracy.
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However, it is also possible that themerepresenceof a language engages an early selective or suppressive process.
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However, themerepresenceof the phono-translation effect does not tell us at which level of representation such an effect originates.
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Actual transformation, though, requires more than themerepresenceof open avenues.
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Therefore, themerepresenceof such effects cannot be used as an argument for the use of robot models instead of computer simulations.
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Importantly, the distinction between the crab and crabless zones extends beyond themerepresenceor absence of crabs and the biomass of accumulated leaf-litter.
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These indications for surgery, therefore, are hardly established by themerepresenceof coronary arterial aneurysms.
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However, theirmerepresenceseems to have implications for our assumptions about the children's syntactic structure.
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In periods of protest workers appeared to have regarded themerepresenceof police in the factories as threatening.
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However, themerepresenceof the in situ dinoflagellate cysts in our study area indicates a normal saline marine depositional environment.
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Our study findings show that themerepresenceof hygienic facilities is not sufficient to decrease infection with enteric viruses.
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One could argue that, for the purposes of domain theory, themerepresenceof coproducts, whatever they are, is sufficient.
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Moreover, themerepresenceof anti-immigrant parties can push mainstream parties towards a tougher line on immigration for fear of being outflanked.
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In the same vein, one cannot expect that themerepresenceof propitious background conditions will mechanically shape the performance of a party.
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Although firing at low temperatures may be another indicator of fuel scarcity, themerepresenceof these workshops indicates steady access to some fuel, clay, and other necessary raw materials.
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Note that this binary coding reflects only themerepresenceor absence of nominative or accusative marking and not the specific inflections used to mark these cases.
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When the details of distracting stimuli are manipulated in a speedy classification test, themerepresence of irrelevant information has a disproportionate effect on younger children.
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