Sentence examples for a mere instrumental from inspiring English sources
Of course, a reputation as a mere instrumental stuntman can be damning to any pianist.
What is distinctive of a prima facie obligation, as opposed to a mere instrumental means-end imperative, is that it cannot be overridden by mere desires.
As in other disciplines (like music and foreign languages), much basic learning is required, but science is not mere instrumental training; memorizing formulae isn't thinking like a scientist.
The Romantic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries defended the intrinsic value of the natural world against the tendency of the technological age to treat all nature as having mere instrumental value.
This kind of education, adamantly not just instrumental, a mere means, is nonetheless far more practical than a careerist education that trains one narrowly for jobs that will soon be outmoded while neglecting those skills that will never be -- clear and creative thinking and effective speaking and writing.
Thus, a mere €7055 remains for laboratory and instrumental diagnostics, lytic treatment, other medication, board and lodging.
A year earlier it showed a mere 1% rise.
In the field of environmental ethics, the interpretation of nature as a mere means to human ends is said to reveal an instrumental approach to nature (e.g. Rolston [1981]; Curry [2006]).
An argument underlying this view is that, unlike IVF embryos, cloned embryos are created for instrumental use only; they are created and treated as a mere means, which some regard as incompatible with respectful treatment of the embryo (NBAC, 1999).
A mere chardonnay, perhaps.
