Sentence examples for mere acquisition from inspiring English sources

Dalhousie's energy extended beyond the mere acquisition of territories.

New programs typically emphasize the thinking process and not the mere acquisition of knowledge.

DH Lawrence, a radical rightist, denounced "the base forcing of all human energy into a competition of mere acquisition".

DH Lawrence recoiled fruitfully from "the base forcing of all human energy into a competition of mere acquisition".

The mere acquisition of a smooth block of metal and glass does not magically persuade people that they should start paying for news.

By the 19th century, book collecting had firmly established itself as an activity distinct from mere acquisition, having developed its own specialized vocabulary and literature.

If Twitter was a slow-growing, struggling company or mere-acquisition bait, none of this would be an issue.

The adoption of clean cooking technologies goes beyond mere product acquisition and requires attention to issues of cooking traditions, user engagement, gender dynamics, culture, and religion to effect correct and consistent use.

At ciaobellababy.com (where you can register for a Skip Hop Duo diaper bag that costs $55 and boasts a "groundbreaking strapping system") and www.babycenter.com (where a buying guide suggests a "travel system" -- a combo with a car seat -- instead of a mere stroller), gear acquisition has evolved to a level I never could have imagined when I was pregnant with my first child in 1989.

Yahoo! does make money, but last quarter its sales rose a mere 9%, excluding traffic acquisition costs.

Such deception is intentional and requires the deceiver to know or believe ~p and the deceived to believe p. One reason for thinking self-deception is analogous to interpersonal deception of this sort is that it helps us to distinguish self-deception from mere error, since the acquisition and maintenance of the false belief is intentional not accidental.