Example sentences of "[noun] be not merely a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choreographers who are inspired to interpret music can do so in many ways , all of which can be successful , but only if they remember that its overall rhythm is not merely a mechanical guide to the timing of the steps within the dance design ( see page 68 ) . |
| 2 | The result was not merely a blurring but a confusion , of normal factional loyalties . |
| 3 | To him , Labour was not merely a political party ; subscription to it entailed embracing the faith , the doctrine of socialism , an that was to embrace an . |
| 4 | The fact that the committee was not merely an hierarchical instrument of management , but represented all departments and a range of statuses , was also felt to be an advantage : Very luckily we 've got quite a few Scale 1 younger teachers , people with new ideas , possibly … and it 's taken up , quite well … it 's quite respected now . |
| 5 | He points out that a complex whole which contains principal and secondary contradictions will also contain relations of domination and subordination ( since the factors forming the principal contradiction will dominate those forming the subordinate contradiction ) , and argues that the presence of these characteristics in a complex whole is not merely a contingent matter , but a necessary one . |
| 6 | The king was not merely a tribal chieftain and warlord , ravaging and conquering , he was a representative of Christ , " the king " , on earth . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) Service of the demand is not merely a procedural requirement but an essential ingredient in the cause of action . |
| 8 | Current evidence indicates that matrix is not merely a simple scaffolding but a dynamic modulator of cell phenotype and behaviour . |
| 9 | But the madrigal was not merely a new art form — it had nothing in common with the trecento madrigal except the name — but a landmark in a revolution of which we have already seen the beginnings in the frottole and laudi spirituali and occasional passages in the Italian-influenced northerners from Dufay onward . |
| 10 | This means that in particular colonial discourse analysis is not merely a marginal adjunct to more mainstream studies , a specialized activity only for minorities or for historians of imperialism and colonialism , but itself forms the point of questioning of Western knowledge 's categories and assumptions . |
| 11 | Commenting on the meeting , a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 5 that the Dalai Lama was not merely a religious figure , but a " political exile , who has long been engaged in activities aimed at splitting China and disrupting national unity " . |
| 12 | As Box and Hale ( 1982,1985,1986 ) have argued , this response is not merely a mechanical response due to the increased workload but is due to a sufficiently large proportion of judges and magistrates responding to deteriorating economic conditions by resorting more frequently to the use of imprisonment . |
| 13 | A reprimand is not merely an empty phrase . |
| 14 | This difference in description is not merely a stylistic quibble . |
| 15 | They go on to say that large firms ‘ are constrained in some way [ in making these decisions ] by the requirement to make profits and serve consumers ’ , but it is nevertheless appropriate to stress that companies will usually have options about how to manage the impact of changed market conditions or technology : the company is not merely a passive instrument of the market . |
| 16 | English is not merely an indispensable handmaid without whose assistance neither philosopher , nor chemist , nor classical scholar can do his work properly . |
| 17 | India was not merely a passive recipient of Persian artistic ideas , however . |
| 18 | In a related way , the religious morality of repealers was not merely a passive vehicle for feminist politics ; it actively empowered women and gave them the confidence to develop critical concepts . |
| 19 | Underlying this refusal to face up to the logic of resistance was not merely a residual pacifism , but , more importantly , an inability to accept that armaments in the hands of the Chamberlain government would make the world a safer place . |
| 20 | Language is not merely a neutral medium for the conveying of information ; it can trigger emotional responses which may spring from prejudice , stereotyping or misunderstanding . |
| 21 | This preoccupation with death and judgment was not merely a cultural phenomenon it was deliberate . |