Sentence examples for merely better from inspiring English sources

Prevention, then, was not merely better than cure, it was the only thing to talk about.

"The ultimate goal," Sahlins retorts, is merely "better aim" - more pinpointed killing.

However, they aren't unique in trying to accomplish this, they are merely better at it.So is it possible to define tiki taka through statistics?

It would be nice to think that the opposite is also the case: that jaw-jaw is not merely better than war-war but at least a partial antidote.

The Philippines is a country in which a man of morals can't be president, in which a politician who hasn't been linked to any wrongdoing isn't assumed to be honest, but merely better at hiding his corruption.

The focus on the fetus, Ms. Roth maintains in her book, "reduces women to incubators" who are seen not as "full-fledged human beings, but merely better or worse vessels for fetuses," their bodies no longer seen as nurturing sanctuaries but "as a form of solitary confinement for the fetus".

Outsiders will cheer too if BofA gets not merely bigger, but better.

Comparing Conrad's novel to other European portraits of Africa and its peoples, Achebe concludes that "without doubt, the times in which we live influence our behavior, but the best or merely the better among us... are never held hostage by their times".

It is merely appreciably better than electoral defeat.

The portals say that they are merely getting better at creating efficient ad packages.

(The portals contend that they are merely getting better at creating efficient advertising packages for merchants).