Sentence examples for decide not merely from inspiring English sources

Such moments of recognition, by individuals or small groups, have helped to decide not merely who succeeds but at what.

He achieved only two important reforms, steering through Parliament a resolution pledging it to abolish the slave trade speedily and, in the 1792 Libel Act, restoring to juries their right to decide not merely whether an allegedly libellous article had, in fact, been published but also what constituted libel in any given case and whether or not a defendant was guilty of it.

But unlike Mr. Nader, Mr. Gates decided not merely to grumble and sue.

So how come Congress and the White House have decided not merely to underfund a crucial cog in American's innovation machine but actually to take away revenue it earns?

When their front awning rotted away, they decided not to replace it, merely painting over the gap.

In fact, it goes beyond merely deciding not to impale myself on a rusty shopping trolley in the Thames beneath Putney Bridge.

To address this, we decided to not merely rely on a single best-fit of the model parameters to the NMR data for fixed values of the auxiliary parameters, but instead, we systematically generated ensembles of model parameters that fit the data with reasonable precision.

Alone among foreign buyers, it decided not to underwrite any new policies but merely to manage existing ones until they matured, a strategy that requires little further investment.

Another interpretation is that Mr Harper has decided not to have a foreign policy, merely reacting to crises and opportunities as they arise.This, says Adam Chapnick, of the Canadian Forces College, is in keeping with an old Conservative tradition dating back to Canada's first prime minister, Sir John Macdonald.

It's not as if the officers pondered Harrouff's skin color before deciding not to open fire — they were merely reacting to the situation as it unfolded, Puckett said.

The Football Association has decided not to bring a charge and it has merely reminded Pearson of his responsibilities.