Sentence examples for instead of being merely from inspiring English sources

Instead of being merely pushed aside, the electrons are forced to move in circular orbits.

In fact, perhaps the findings put a whole new slant on gay and lesbian marriage, which, instead of being merely equal to straight marriage, could now be seen as the top tier of harmonious coupling.

Yet these are often precisely the people America wants to keep out: and seldom more so than now.By this autumn, when new immigration laws take effect, no American citizen or legal resident will be able to sponsor the immigration of a relative unless the sponsor can demonstrate an income at least 25% higher than the federal poverty line (instead of being merely "solvent").

In consequence, instead of being merely well-informed, they were able; and had the rot not set in with the Renaissance, which diverted men's minds to an obsession with the humanities, we might be much more able now than we are.

Thus, in turn, instead of being merely impressed by an actor's verisimilitude, we might even have been moved by the character, too... if only the slightly aloof and chilly quality of the writing hadn't scuppered the chance of viewers making an emotional connection.

Consequently, it was quite natural to suggest that the electromagnetic field might also be ascribed to some property of spacetime, instead of being merely something embedded in spacetime.

When, in the 1930s and '40s, dancing became an integral element in a genre governed chiefly by song instead of being merely a diversion the "musical" established itself as the legitimate theatrical heir to "musical comedy" and a form of popular theatre art that dominated the latter half of the 20th century.

"Instead of being a merely useful device it became an attractive device.

The changes Mrs. Clinton promises have foundations formed from these learning experiences instead of being based merely on faith or the hope of success.

Instead of being used merely as a tool to generate laughter or perfect product images, graphic manipulation was now being used as a medium of storytelling and narration.

But instead of being pure pleasure, it's merely pleasant, rather like a decent summer-replacement comedy sketch series on television.