Example sentences of "as [vb pp] to mere " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that it gives us ‘ knowledge ’ , as opposed to mere ‘ belief ’ or ‘ faith ’ , of course it has ; but Locke also means that revelation must be answerable to reason . |
| 2 | More often critics attacked the craze for Gothic architecture not because it was wrong in itself but because the mediaeval arrangement , as opposed to mere decoration , was not suitable to a religion based on preaching , not on eucharistic sacrifice . |
| 3 | With the evolutionarily intrusive possibility of linguistic deceit , as opposed to mere malfunction of communication , communicative exchanges would then come to be understood as having truth as their aim ; and the Gricean template would come to be true of the pursuit of those aims . |
| 4 | Such an approach ignores the magnificent efforts of many of our schools to create a vibrant learning environment encapsulating the need for technological sophistication and real understanding as opposed to mere accumulation of facts unrelated to their present and future worlds . |
| 5 | It is important , however , that employees retain a sense of perspective in identifying words and conduct which may reasonably be perceived as causing harassment , alarm or distress as opposed to mere annoyance . |