He merely understands his limitations and plays, quite contentedly, entirely admirably, within them.
Charles de Gaulle merely understood that America is bound to defend France and that much power and influence in the world can be gained by opposing some of its policies.
He said company directors had to ensure that the responsibilities of their businesses were "clearly articulated and understood throughout the organisation – and indeed, not merely understood, but accepted and lived throughout the organisation".
Speaking in the City on Wednesday, Green made similar points, saying company directors had to ensure that the responsibilities of their businesses were "clearly articulated and understood throughout the organisation – and indeed, not merely understood, but accepted and lived throughout the organisation".
So here the question is whether the buyers merely understood that the word 'Aspirin' meant this kind of drug, or whether it meant that and more than that; i.e., that it came from the same single, though, if one please anonymous, source from which they had got it before.
The implication is that consumption of luxury goods should not be merely understood as status display or social distinction, but rather, it might be tempered by the pursuit of pleasure and comfort.
Philosophy is the pursuit of metaphysical truths that are not merely understood and grasped through cognition, but are lived realities, in which philosophers, again following the Platonic tradition, are integrated souls who combine theoretical and practical knowledge and its implementation to effect a holistic ethics of living.
She merely understood that imprisoning a woman within four walls, physical or mental, is like burying her alive.
In that context, design was merely understood as an aesthetic function, and the management of design was at the level of project planning.
Before seeing Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, I merely understood her to be a celebrated author, a poet, and an eloquent speaker with a steady, luscious voice.
