In today's trend-crazed world, a mere seven easy pieces might not get a woman very far.

Ms. Ettelbrick said a domestic partnership should not be dismissed as a mere piece of paper.

No matter what he did, he really was part of some grand game, a mere piece to be played rather than a player.

With the sub-electron beams we now have, he could do it on a mere piece of the station.

Let's face it, a driver's license is no mere piece of paper, but the key to adulthood.

Forsooth it is an evil house and a mere piece of hell.

It was a mere dirty piece of paper, and not half so powerful as a street ballad.

He is a mere piece of glass, I see through him by this time.

Forced to work full-time, his production dropped to a mere 18 pieces between 1950 and 1957.

"You're dealing with something much deeper than a mere piece of paper is going to solve," she said.