Example sentences of "is [adv] merely [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intent is rather merely to summarize the account of his life as given by Taskopruzade and Mecdi in order to convey the general course of his career . |
| 2 | In Scotland , actual distribution or display must be shown to have occurred , whereas in England and Wales it is enough merely to establish ‘ intent ’ . |
| 3 | This is a superficial view of psychoanalytic theory , because it fails to see that the prime objective of Freud is not merely to explain the ‘ odd ’ actions of neurotics or primitives , but to use their actions to understand and explain what counts as ‘ normal ’ and ordinary action in Western societies . |
| 4 | If one takes this as a statement obliquely concerning the Marxist political project , it has a certain validity , in that it brings out the difference between Marxism and ‘ meritocratic ’ , or social-democratic notions of ‘ equality of opportunity ’ : the Marxist project is not merely to allow access to the privileged classes for the most ‘ able ’ individuals from all sections of society , but to transform the class structure ( to eliminate private possession of the major means of production and hierarchical management , and to institute a democratically socialised appropriation ) . |
| 5 | What the historian is trying to do is not merely to record the events and happenings of war , but to study them against the background of the world in which the long Anglo-French conflict was fought . |
| 6 | The purpose of the museum , says its director , Jeshajahu Weinberg , is not merely to document . |
| 7 | Even if ambiguity is not fatal to the contract , the drafter 's objective is not merely to enable the client to win any dispute which may arise but , so far as possible , to avoid such disputes . |
| 8 | Self-awareness even in an absolutely minimal form , is not merely to recognise oneself , but to be aware of recognising oneself as oneself , with much of what that implies . |
| 9 | To recognize the value present in a situation ( he urges ) is not merely to have an attitude which someone else who conceives the ‘ factual character ’ of the situation in exactly the same way might lack , but to conceive it in a particular kind of way which could not be duplicated in someone not thus drawn to it . |
| 10 | But the aim of radical reform is not merely to change the law 's approach so that it becomes more in tune with modern perceptions of sexual assault , but to address directly the problem of processing rape . |
| 11 | The author 's job is not merely to offer an illustrated Who 's Who entry , but to turn elements of a man 's life into a dramatic entity . |
| 12 | But what about adding a twist to the puzzle : the task is not merely to find a way out , but to find the shortest route to the way out . ’ |