Sentence examples for ability not merely from inspiring English sources

Toulouse showed the true quality of champions, the ability not merely to survive but to prosper in adversity.

This work, like so many here, reflects Burne-Jones's ability not merely to borrow from the past, but to mix and remix his sources with astounding fluidity.

This ability not merely to know in an intellectual sense what someone else is feeling, but actually to feel it with them, is an important social attribute.

Ms. Kagan, without naming names, added that "it is an embarrassment" that the president and Senate do not always insist that a nominee's accomplishments provide evidence of "an ability not merely to handle but to master the 'craft' aspects of being a judge".

So do the characteristics that it took to overcome it, including backbreaking work, bravery, perseverance, and an indescribable ability not merely to delay gratification but also to forego joy.

Such expectations arguably would be unfair for most companies, but Apple built its loyal following on the ability to not merely move into markets but also create them.

"We have to present to the people of New Jersey that we have the ability to lead and not merely disagree with the governor," said State Senator William L. Gormley of Atlantic County.

So when the optimal decision for me is an impassioned one, I must value my ability to engage in the right passions, not merely in the ability to cold-heartedly reflect and choose.

On the other hand, the fact that M cultured with MSC showed no stimulation in their ability to phagocytize zymosan particles (Figure 6E) strongly suggests that the increased ability to phagocytize apoptotic cells do not merely reflect a higher endocytic ability of M cultured with MSC.

It simply means that when it comes to empathy, we're talking primarily about our ability to have an experience of connection or oneness with an "other," not merely our ability to analyze them.

Connoisseurship is not merely the ability to discern whether an art work is authentic or fake; it is also the ability to recognize whether a work is a masterpiece.