Sentence examples for only on the surface like from inspiring English sources

For each, they indicated whether the region indicated with a red line was present only on the surface (like the crayon marks on the paper) or extended into the object (like the Swiss Roll).

Converting mass to energy by atomic fission in order to achieve temperatures normally found only on the surface of stars like the sun and then using that extraterrestrial heat to boil water — well, it smacks of (to borrow a term from the nuclear dark side) overkill.

The researchers have designed a new nanocarrier, called a 3-helix micelle (3HM), out of proteins with molecules on the surface that fit into specific proteins found only on the surface of the tumor cells — like fitting a key into a lock.

But the key thing is that it was only a very thin layer on the surface, like a coating of red paint like Mars, which is not rusty red all the way through but only right at the surface.

Lacquer basically looks like clear nail polish and is used only on the surface of the fungus outbreak.

But it felt like an embroidery: too intricate a pattern, and only on the surface.

This power is like the stillness in a pond that ripples only on the surface with the events life throws at us.

These things are only on the surface".

But that was only on the surface.

Just like certain sets of more ordinary twins, however, these two books are alike only on the surface.

On the surface (but only on the surface) it involves a private transaction between an individual and a company.