Example sentences of "than [art] purely [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The above areal interpolation methods are alike in that , other than the purely spatial information given by the boundaries , areas or centroids of the areal units involved , no extra information is used in interpolation . |
2 | It has the advantage for believers of saving them from having to invent their own personal neurosis , and they gain from the social nature of religion rather than the purely private character of a personal neurosis . |
3 | Antoine 's failure to analyse his actions in anything other than a purely technical sense is explained primarily by the tempo of his life dictated by an excessive work load that leaves no time for leisure , for reflection , for self-scrutiny : |
4 | It seemed clear that anything more than a purely intergovernmental system of consultation and cooperation would be deemed undesirable by Britain . |
5 | In order to do well at English at Oxford , you would have to show more than a purely aesthetic aptitude . |
6 | The Greek ideal as founded by Winckelmann implied something more than a purely scholarly pursuit . |
7 | The presence of springs and these finds appear to suggest the centre of a healing cult , rather than a purely domestic villa . |
8 | The law and procedure of his court have an international rather than a purely English character ; it administers a law which is to be found in the medieval maritime codes , such as the Laws of Oleron and the so-called Law of Rhodes ; in the background , as a supplementary law , is the Civil or Roman law . |
9 | A dissection of the relationship between employment , means of production and output does not , of course , explain the boom in any other than a purely statistical sense . |
10 | Today we use the word ‘ meditation ’ quite differently : in Hilton 's time it meant study rather than a purely contemplative exercise . |