Sentence examples for but only to define from inspiring English sources
The rightwing populism of our time is comfortable talking about class, but only to define a patriotic working class against a rootless, metropolitan, self-hating bunch of middle-class do-gooders with contempt for their values and lifestyles.
A relatively simple way of defining common knowledge is not to partition the group of agents into subsets with different common 'knowledges' but only to define common knowledge for the entire group of agents.
An interface class can have no instances but acts only to define all or part of the interface of its descendants.
These tests should be harmonized, not only to define requirements but also to enable harmonized procedures to interpret test results.
The end users do not necessarily need a solid background on parallel programming, but need only to define the division of tasks and combination of intermediate results, leaving the error-prone, complex and reusable part to be implemented by this framework.
These biomarkers are routinely used not only to define prognosis but also determine treatment.
Finally, the aim of a screening tool should not be to try and make quick diagnoses but only to better define a higher prevalence group at whom formal diagnostic procedures can be more efficiently targeted (e.g. a biopsy following a mammogram in relation to breast cancer or a formal psychiatric interview following the EPDS in the case of postnatal depression).
Art, in his view, almost a century after Duchamp began trying to deny the possibility of defining it, is not only possible to define but is so important to human life that it shouldn't be boiled down simply to the shifting tastes of one man; it should exist in an almost Platonic state, helping people to understand their relationship to the objects in their world.
Professionalism in medical students is not only difficult to define but difficult to teach and measure.
Quality of care seems to be not only difficult to define but also not easy to measure.
