Sentence examples for mere needs from inspiring English sources

Exploiting animals for food, labor, or even as our companions nonetheless requires from us a recognition beyond our mere needs.

Yet they suggested a reason beyond mere need not to drop out altogether and to redouble one's efforts to join the system and become gainfully employed.

(On the other hand, he says, still others have asked how people paid for the food. Mere need doesn't drive up prices).

Of course, this is not true of all advertising, but the mere need for the Glass Lion award suggests that adverts which do shatter gender stereotypes are, frankly, not the norm.

This may have to do with the mere need to "learn about each other".

Its implications go far beyond the mere need to investigate and evaluate the officials involved.

Rao and Baer [40] and Rao and Min [7] argue that "decent" standards of living should include considerations beyond mere subsistence needs such as access to communication technology and refrigeration as well as education and health services, implying the need for infrastructure build-out in developing nations.

The research also indicates that Afghan parents, like parents everywhere in the world, have long-term hopes for their children that go well beyond mere survival needs and are not limited to the immediate aftermath of the conflict — hopes that include growing up healthy, a good education and having the opportunity to develop their full potential and contribute to their families and communities.

In short, mere managers need not apply.

He adds: "Mere managers need not apply".

No matter how serious or important your subject is, mere mortals need to be able to understand it.