Sentence examples for should be not merely from inspiring English sources

But, while acting on vengeful feelings clearly needs to be discouraged, acknowledging them should be not merely permitted but encouraged.

Jobs himself took over the latter project, insisting that the computer should be not merely great but "insanely great".

The purpose of pension reform should be not merely to avoid a fiscal disaster but to find a fiscally sound way to preserve the likelihood of secure retirements.

It puts the focus where it should be, not merely on the content of the expression, but on the intent of the actor to convey an imminent threat of violence to real people, for whom the threat is not abstract.

In the end, however, Mr. Silver should understand that this revolt was not merely about exchanging speakers.

This demonstrates that recovery should be well defined and is not merely waking-up after sedation.

It should seem fairly obvious that this is not merely a petty intra-building controversy.

And while we're on the subject, we should mention that this game isn't merely about motors.

The presence of extraordinary beings, different and even abominable, as is the case of toads, frogs and snakes, is a classic in anthropological research and has been studied in depth by Douglas (1996) who points out that these beings should be respected, not merely because they were filthy and disgusting but because they were emblematic victims.

If true, at least some of what appears to be a massive punitive payment should be considered not merely a cost, but also an investment.

Americans should be defending not merely a right to be free from the oppressive attentions of the national government, not merely fighting for something embodied in the due process clause of the 14th amendment.