Example sentences of "it be not merely a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not merely a false stance though : the only person who knows the real Morrissey , his mother , has proved this on many occasions by telephoning Rough Trade 's office to complain about their handling of her delicate son . |
| 2 | Over the same period , small countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal and , indeed , larger countries such as West Germany and Japan , had a reduction in unemployment , so it is not merely a worldwide factor . |
| 3 | It is not merely a final precaution taken by couples near the end of their fecund life . |
| 4 | It is not merely a sexual offence , but one of the deepest breaches of trust which can take place in a family-based society . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not merely a social call , Joan . |
| 6 | It was not merely a Bolshevik view that empire was the source of a quiescent working class . |