Sentence examples for refers not merely from inspiring English sources

The term strategic weapons system refers not merely to the explosive devices themselves but rather to the complex delivery systems that enable these warheads to reach their targets.

Thus, the expansion of the universe refers not merely to the motion of extragalactic stellar systems within space but also to the expansion of the space itself.

The book's subtitle, "Reflections From Exile," refers not merely to geographical separation -- McPherson grew up in the South and has lived the last 20 years in the Midwest -- but to what he diagnoses as a historical loss of group values.

It is obvious from the terms "experience" and "seek" that the statute's implicit understanding of the ability to feel pain is that "feeling" refers not merely to what neuroscientists call the nociceptive capacity of an organism — the ability of its nervous system to detect and respond to potentially noxious stimuli — but to conscious awareness of the presence of such stimuli.

In this context, "Marxism" refers not merely to thinking influenced by Karl Marx's magisterial three volumes laying bare the unavoidable exploitation at the heart of capitalism – it becomes a random, ill-conceived slur to stave off any and all criticism of its operations.

(The notion, sometimes found at large in America, that Sarkozy is in some way un-French, rather than merely unsuccessful, is bizarre, by the way, and depends on an absurdly shallow knowledge of French history and manners; small hyper-energetic men with a taste for action are not exactly unknown in its history. Bonapartism refers not merely to a man but to a whole political inclination).

By 'monumental' I refer not merely to thesize but to the breadth and depth of coverage of the book.

Rick Belluzzo, president and chief operating officer of Microsoft, told Reuters in an interview that Gates' comments referred not merely to high-tech, but to what the software monolith was seeing across the board.

And here we refer not merely to the linguistic issue of how attitude descriptions are to be interpreted, but also to the philosophical and psychological issue of what it is to be the bearer of a mental attitude.

These parameters refer not merely to the cytoplasmic volume but are rather a weighted average that also includes the volumes of organelles (including vacuoles), membranes, the nucleus, and the cell wall.

"It refers not to actions that merely injure individual competitors, but rather to actions that harm the competitive process, a process that aims to bring consumers the benefits of lower prices, better products, and more efficient production methods".