Through television campaigns and intense lobbying, company executives sought not merely to sink the Kyoto treaty, but to rubbish the very notion of climate change.
Machiavelli's notion of virtù requires the prince to be concerned foremost with the art of war and to seek not merely security but also glory, for glory is included in necessity.
At its simplest, the case for development that respects rights is that poor people seek not merely material improvements in their lives (higher incomes and better access to services) but also an end to abuse and discrimination.
Lasker seized on the newer ideal of advertising that was emerging that it should seek not merely to passively inform the public about a particular product but rather to actively sell that product by changing people's attitudes through the use of images, slogans, endorsements, and other sales techniques.
For years, wireless carriers like Verizon and A.T. & T. sought not merely to provide voice and data — to be dumb pipes, in other words — but to offer their customers a sophisticated mix of games, ringtones, and the like, which they themselves would design.
Barging into hospital rooms and houses under false pretenses, Okuzaki relentlessly seeks not merely the truth but confessions, repentance, apologies; his even, jovial conversation rushes ahead with precise purpose as he pierces the armor of politeness and zeroes in on the agonies of the past, which for him remain constantly present.
"They seek not merely to express their opposition to abortion, but to inform women of various alternatives and to provide help in pursuing them.
It is revealed that the Sorceress is seeking not the baby dragons themselves, but merely their wings to concoct a spell that can grant her immortality.
They also require regular training for judges, who must attend seminars on capital cases at least every two years, and remind prosecutors that their duty is "to seek justice, not merely to convict".
Often what inquirers seek is not merely a set of facts, but what the facts mean.
