Sentence examples for at a purely from inspiring English sources

At a purely mechanistic level the ability to do anything in legislative terms wasn't there.

"At a purely tactical level that was a defeat for the regime," Mr. Hokayem said of Maarat al-Noaman.

At a purely practical level, this seems to have been quite effective in reducing trafficking and coerced prostitution in Sweden.

At a purely tactical, military level, the urge to abstraction had meant the urge to fetishize fixed, systematic solutions at the expense of tactical fluidity and resourcefulness.

Metin Gürcan, a security analyst, said: "This is the first Isis attack targeting ethnically aware and politically active Kurds at a purely civilian occasion, a wedding.

In his book, Mr. Loring quotes a critic of the time: "The whole exhibit is really the first attempt at a purely American art in jewel work".

Treated at first as a purely metaphysical quality, phlogiston was later conceived as a material substance having weight and, sometimes, negative weight.

His decision to support a universal health care system in 2006, long advocated by Democrats, was seen at the time as a purely political calculation, at least until Republicans rejected the idea in 2009 when President Obama proposed it.

At first a purely religious vocabulary was employed, but soon the expressions began to oscillate between worldly and heavenly love.

The nature of these combinations might appear to be considerably different when looked at from a purely set theoretical perspective.

Looked at from a purely Canadian point of view, free-riding on U.S. drug research makes plenty of economic sense.