Sentence examples for not in mere from inspiring English sources

There is where Kubrick becomes Kubrickian, with the idea that the mark of humanity is not in mere technology but in the weapon, and in the will to use it.

This position says that America's economy has been getting sick from uncontrolled globalization for years now, and that the answer is to reassert our original economic tradition, which goes back to Hamilton, of running our economy explicitly in the national interest, not in mere deference to the supposed benevolence of free markets.

But McEvilley, like Daniel Bell who no doubt turned his head, also saw the three modes of industry and expression as operating in the world not in mere succession to and displacement of one to the other, but as simultaneous and vitally symbiotic models in the evolution of art and industry.

The Haussmanns are not interested in mere comfort, which doesn't mean they don't consider their work livable, particularly if you possess some imagination.

Danto is an ideal critic for those who do not revel in mere paint.

The program has allowed the teachers training and a complete way through which children have demonstrated great learning abilities, not only in mere technology but also in collaboration and teamwork.

We aren't interested in mere competition; the thrill of participation is not satisfying enough.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Surely not in the mere fact that the proposition is believed.

Cf. J. Seifert, "Si Deus est Deus, Deus est" 218, for whom the argument takes its "starting point in the objective essence and not in a mere concept of God".

I have to set the broad vision for our nation -- to help us understand that happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.