Sentence examples for merely to increase from inspiring English sources

But precedent suggests that this will serve merely to increase the demand for light.

This is surely government doublespeak: the normal meaning of enhance is to improve or intensify — not merely to increase.

Reforms that aim merely to increase police compliance with existing rules of engagement cannot undo the disproportion.

The aim is not merely to increase self-awareness but to become better at your job and more satisfied with your life.

I trust that the government's review of Scottish criminal law and practice under Lord Carloway will see us retain our strong safeguards against miscarriages of justice and not legislate merely to increase the number of convictions.

Factory farming may also have helped to breed strains of superbugs that medicine cannot defeat because farm animals have been routinely fed antibiotics merely to increase their growth rate.

It therefore seems reasonable to conclude that the differences observed in the relative reward conditions were due to resource trade-offs and not merely to increased motivation during blocks with higher reward values.

We have stressed that the protocols are not intended to be restrictive, but are merely intended to increase vigilance and possibly to provide earlier warning when awareness is more likely to occur.

Importantly, managers not merely aim to increase the cost and capital efficiency but increasingly focus on strengthening the potential for further innovation and digitalization.

Prosecutors said Kiriakou was merely seeking to increase his fame and public stature by trading on his insider knowledge.

Mr. Hicks said any suggestion that the union was merely trying to increase its rolls was unfair.