Example sentences of "is not merely a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not merely a question of its vastness ( it is the second largest country in the world , measuring 9.2 million square kilometres ) , but its breathtaking grandeur : God 's own country , as the Canadians delight to call it . |
| 2 | This is not merely a very bare conception of the world , but argument supports intuition in pronouncing it an incoherent one . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | This is not merely a curious conundrum . |
| 5 | It is not merely a sexual offence , but one of the deepest breaches of trust which can take place in a family-based society . |
| 6 | All chapters include numerous references to the recent literature , but this is not merely a compilation of the work of others . |
| 7 | ‘ It is not merely a social call , Joan . |
| 8 | We also begin to realize that making such a choice is not merely a matter of changing habits , even habits of mind . |
| 9 | It is not merely a matter of the known constituents of food ; fibre , protein , carbohydrates , fats , vitamins , minerals , and trace elements in the correct proportions . |
| 10 | In the political and military conflicts which have arisen as a result of these inequalities , education is not merely a casualty of war but is part of the battlefield . |
| 11 | And this is not merely a bureaucratic exercise . |
| 12 | It is then possible show that the hypersurface is not merely a coordinate singularity , but is actually a singularity of space-time in the sense that there does not exist a C 1 extension from region II to this surface . |
| 13 | This is not merely a little churlish ; it also explains why the cumulative effect of their evidence makes less — impact than it should , because it disguises the fact that the unholy alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry has tottered from crisis to crisis now for two decades — since the thalidomide tragedy . |
| 14 | Here the ‘ tune ’ is not merely a luxuriating tonal resolution in the relative major , but a radiant affirmation that the struggle is over ( not for long admittedly ) , and that we have all gained immeasurably for having experienced it . |
| 15 | It is not merely a matter of whether planning permission is required and , if so , whether it is likely to be granted , but also of how long it will take . |
| 16 | This definition stresses that readability is not merely a matter of legibility but also depends upon factors affecting comprehension and motivation . |
| 17 | The ‘ she-male ’ character of the Bessy is not merely a woman impersonated by a man , but denotes a combination of both male and female , a total unity encompassing the whole in primitive man 's attempt to understand the universe . |
| 18 | This is not merely a matter of tiresome tolerance according to some airy-fairy principle of political philosophy . |
| 19 | ‘ Team nursing is not merely a method of assigning individuals to a group : rather it is an implementation of the philosophy that holds that a group of people led by a knowledgeable nurse can effectively meet the nursing needs of a group of patients . |
| 20 | This is not merely a meeting of demands , but a celebration of mastery ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This map ( Figure 2.18 ) should be compared with that of the overall distribution of graves to emphasise how one is not merely a reflection of the other . |
| 23 | The distribution of the whetstones which have the same petrology as the Group VI axes is not merely a reflection of the distribution of cemeteries as the type is absent in southern England . |
| 24 | The answer is not merely a description of the event but a description of the relationship of signifying elements presented with their decoded meaning , thus : |
| 25 | In my case it was all worthwhile , but then Dawn is not merely a pet ; she is a wild creature and always will be . |
| 26 | This is not merely a matter of re-stating what had already been said ; it involves a genuine progress and advance towards a fuller and clearer understanding enabled by the onward movement of history . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Here the pretence of good is not merely a cover for the continuing practice of one 's own faults , whether grave or trifling , but is the method by which a person develops new ones , tries to reach some clearly defined goal . |
| 29 | Similarly the value of something is intrinsically bound up with the way in which someone who recognizes it is drawn to it , or repelled by it if the value is negative , but is not merely a disposition to attract or repel , for we can not be thus attracted or repelled except by recognizing ( or at least seeming to recognize ) a value |
| 30 | 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 . |