But you will not find the allies, usually, by mere questions.

My safety is now a mere question of speed.

It is false to state the matter as a mere brutal question of strength.

Instead it's thrown in at the end as a mere rhetorical question.

Instead, he acknowledged that the mere question was loaded.

It was a mere question of manufacturing more robots and getting them ready for shipment.

His countenance wore a suspense more personal than any mere question of west or east.

It is a mere question of figures, a case of simple arithmetic.

This, however, was a mere question of length and wearisomeness.

Positive, tangible results were achieved, but then it was attempted to turn the G8 summit into a mere question of law and order.