Sentence examples for rather merely from inspiring English sources

The defendants' lawyer had argued that the men's conduct toward their domestic partners was not intentional but rather merely "reckless".

In San Francisco, officials were cautioning that the law was not meant to discourage cellphone use, or sales, rather merely to inform consumers.

Forced labour differs from slavery in that it involves not the ownership of one person by another but rather merely the forced exploitation of that person's labour.

A bit of poetic license; he was not referring to hiding sales tax, but rather merely confusing, for example, which lumber was for which project.

But perhaps by framing their advice in a more technical manner, for example measuring the benefits of immigration, rather merely than advocating it, economists can ensure that their advice is more effective in the public arena.* Economists and Public Opinion: Expert Consensus and Economic Policy Judgments" Christopher D. Johnston, Andrew O. Ballard.

So, he said, what was happening in the early years of Putin's presidency - when former oligarchs and clans were moved out of lucrative businesses, and new owners and structures replaced them - wasn't about developing and growing the pie, but rather, merely a case of redistributing what was already there.

But rather than merely talking about the problem, the Chronicle is doing something about it.

It seems modest rather than merely anodyne, crisply practical rather than merely boring.

But learning, deep knowledge, should constitute society rather than merely carp about it.

But that is an argument for scrapping it, rather than merely tinkering.

It's sad rather than merely grotesque.