Q. How difficult would it be for a mere novice to add a photo scanner to a Windows 98 computer?

"I myself received the call when I was a mere novice, a member of the junior varsity drill team."

That was no task for a mere novice.

Compared to her, 359 Ard is a mere novice.

I am a mere novice compared to many of them.

Pasha, a mere novice, seems to be having better success, and she functions under the same restrictions.

I found the trace of one beside whom you are mere novices!

He describes himself as a mere novice in the domain-name game.

If you only knew what a mere novice you are at that game compared with the chevalier!

He fixed Harry with a distrustful look again, yet the merest novice could have guessed where the information came from.