Example sentences of "[conj] not merely a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This impotence is inherent in the Keynesian approach to policy and not merely a feature of a specific version of that approach ; for by its very nature it makes government influences on aggregate demand predictable in that it links government policy changes to the current or past state of the economy .
2 As a community of faith the model and inspiration in life is Jesus Christ and not merely a consensus among individuals .
3 Protection is granted , in the context of a trade dispute , to interference with contract ( and not merely a contract of employment ) , to intimidation or conspiracy to injure and to interference with trade by unlawful means but by the Employment Act 1980 this protection was to a large extent withdrawn in case of ‘ secondary action . ’
4 In this chapter , I hope to show that these distinctions are important and not merely a play on words .
5 This is what is meant by claiming that scientific knowledge is ‘ public ’ knowledge — that is , that it is in principle testable and verifiable by anyone/everyone and not merely a matter of private belief .
6 The negative impact of the market invites the question whether it might be desirable to find a substitute for , and not merely a supplement to , the discipline the latter market provides .
7 Nevertheless , as mass migration became part of common people 's experience , and every child in County Kildare had some cousin , uncle or brother already in Australia or the United States , uprooting became a common — and not necessarily irreversible — choice based on an assessment of prospects , and not merely a force of destiny .
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