Sentence examples for instead of a mere from inspiring English sources

Instead of a mere £10, players matching three numbers will win £25 once the changes take effect in the autumn.

During his first term he made the presidency a full-fledged branch of government instead of a mere office.

Over the last decade, dividends have become a standalone asset class instead of a mere side product of an equity investment.

"That was a while back," he says now, as if reviewing a long-distant youth instead of a mere six years ago.

In such circumstances, a healthy debate and a requirement that controversial appointments be able to garner 60 Senate votes instead of a mere 51 seems eminently reasonable.

Everything, from the right of way on a public road to the permissible colors of one's garments or the chance to be a nobleman's wife (instead of a mere concubine), was subject to one's place in the pecking order.

Students preferred class activities that closely resembled their future professional duties, and evaluation methods that reflect their level of understanding of public health issues instead of being a mere test of memory.

Our predilection for positive thinking could reflect an objective feature of our world (instead of being a mere anthropocentric projection of one style of thought).

This suggests that those who contribute only when they expect others to do so as well try to avoid being the "sucker," which indicates that expectations influence their own behavior instead of being a mere reflection of it.

And that puts him on television as a man with a mission, instead of as a mere candidate.

The argument is that the Colting text is "transformative": that instead of being a mere rip-off, it adds something original and substantive to Mr. Salinger's version.