The mere existence of a regime of privileges and immunities will not prevent institution of legal proceedings.

The mere existence of section 101a cannot therefore be said to violate article 14 of the Covenant.

The mere existence of weapons of mass destruction poses a big threat to global peace and security.

For the last five decades the mere existence of Israel has served as a temptation to try and destroy it.

The mere existence of those sections raised questions as to the compatibility of the Constitution with article 9 of the Covenant.

Recent international events had shown to what extent an international criminal court was wanting, for its mere existence would have helped defuse grave crisis situations.

The only way to guarantee that that did not happen was to prohibit and totally eliminate such arms, since their mere existence jeopardized international peace and security.

A mere stomachache

A mere formality.

That's mere theory.

The mere existence of shareholder power to adopt such resolutions could well increase insiders incentives to target the corporation s political spending in ways that are consistent with shareholder interests.

As a mere figment, as a mere ghost existing in your wife's mind...

I'm a mere tourist.

Creation by mere thought.

A mere 300 men.

Mr. Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) shared the conviction of the Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations that the mere existence of strategic reserve units could deter spoilers and make risk management easier.

But this is mere suggestion.

Its mere presence incites violence.

This is no mere prediction.

This was no mere gesture.

Such allegations are mere falsifications.

This is no mere whim.

The dressings are mere paper.

Those are mere words, Abishag.

However, as noted by Namibia's Attorney General, the mere existence of such instruments will be worthless without the effective enforcement in a society that has, as its foundations, the respect for human dignity'.

Democratic processes are therefore being impeded, since the population so drastically punished by the international community, on the verge of biological survival, cannot afford to contemplate democracy and instead concentrates on mere existence.

Existence Test

This is no mere rosy scenario.

For this, mere correlation is sufficient.

That is no mere management question.

Nothing to it. Mere professional claptrap.

It's a mere scrap of paper.

Of what use is mere beauty?

Mere errand boys, carrying concealed weapons.

Our existence is inseparable from the existence of our planet, and the existence of our planet is threatened today.

60. As detailed above, the mere existence of the various decrees constitutes violations of Iraq apos s international obligations in so far as they legalize, authorize and promote the application of cruel and unusual punishments.

living this existence.

Of existence is...

It is more than a mere concern.

This time, it wasn't a mere conference.

You can't convict me on mere suspicion.

Maybe, in fact, emotions have a collective existence, not just an individual existence.

He urged the Special Committee to deal with the question of Gibraltar as a case of decolonization by self determination and not to disqualify itself from action by virtue of the mere existence of a sovereignty dispute.

The mere existence of this fact forces us to recognize that for the hungry of the third world there is no liberty and even less the equality and fraternity symbolized two centuries ago by the French revolution.

Purpose of existence zis...