The facts I have given above are mere bald statements from the record.

I wasn't sure if he intended that as a compliment or a mere statement of fact.

Brewster takes no notice of it whatever beyond a mere statement, we believe, that such is the fact.

"That was a mere statement of fact, not a threat."

"At this stage we cannot relax on the basis of mere statements."

But Allouette seemed to take it as a mere statement of fact.

It was nothing personal, just a mere statement of fact.

"I would want more evidence than resides in your mere statement to that effect."

He had never paid a compliment to a woman before, but this was a mere statement of fact.

It sounded like a warning, not a mere statement of fact.