Sentence examples for mere calculation from inspiring English sources

This is not, however, a decision determined by mere calculation.

Democrats see his centrist swing as mere calculation, a prelude to a tough re-election fight.

It was bold, in its willingness to take on a popular President directly; it was unapologetic, stating its beliefs clearly and without equivocation; it drew its indignation from some inner store of strength and conviction, not from mere calculation.

Or maybe the "weakest part of human beings" is that we have separated our emotional capabilities from the work that we do, and we therefore judge our worth on criteria better suited to machines, on inputs and outputs, productivity and growth, on mere calculation, rather than on intrinsic human values.

Here, arithmetic is probably understood as the number theory found in Euclid, Elements vii-ix, and not mere calculation of numbers, which, of course, is used in geometry.

She called herself "an Analyst (& Metaphysician)," and was the first to grasp that Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine (the godfather of today's computers) could go beyond mere calculation to influence how science works and how new discoveries are made.

But the Graham-McCain split on Trump has deeper roots than mere political calculation.

And then, those television appearances, out of keeping with Washington's regard for, well, appearances, seemed more in keeping with his love of showing off than mere political calculation.

The fact that Contra victory has never been within the most distant realm of possibility suggests there is more to the Administration's fear of peace than mere strategic calculation.

The fact that the Contra victory has never been within the most distant realm of possibility suggests there is more to the Administration's fear of peace than mere strategic calculation.

But given that GEN itself was taking all the financial risk -- if the numbers didn't work out, only the company would be harmed -- it seems clear that Taylor and Allen provoked a sense of unease that went far deeper than mere pragmatic calculations.