Sentences with phrase «anything more than merely»

Ideally we want our kids to do what we need them to without us having to do anything more than merely ask.

It's just that it's a matter of impassioned debate whether that gameplay concept ever could have been anything more than merely «good».

Ideally we want our kids to do what we need them to without us having to do anything more than merely ask.

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Do keep in mind this is still merely an experiment more than anything else.

you are merely stating that these actions have an impact, then you aren't really saying much, since that impact proceeded deterministically from the conditions that existed, and «he» didn't do anything more than what a tree does when it falls in the woods.

It's still a non-answer, and merely shows how much more you care about feeling superior than actually saying anything honestly.

Philanthropy which merely patches up the worst results of evil social conditions can hardly be called anything more than a necessary evil.

The first thing to bear in mind (especially if we ourselves belong to the clerico - academic - scientific type, the officially and conventionally «correct» type, «the deadly respectable» type, for which to ignore others is a besetting temptation) is that nothing can be more stupid than to bar out phenomena from our notice, merely because we are incapable of taking part in anything like them ourselves.

It should be noted that Cohen had been the screenwriter for the original film, though one wonders if he is merely credited for Aguirre - Sacasa's retool more so than in adding anything new of his own.

You'd have to be more than merely intoxicated to find anything about this dismal stoner comedy remotely funny.

Fans of Spider - Man will be happy to note that the character is more than merely a cameo in Civil War, even though the purpose of his inclusion is more to set up for his solo adventures with Sony than in making him an integral part of the MCU, but it's seamless and, more importantly, sparks a great deal more fun and interest in his character than anything that could be mustered in the Amazing Spider - Man reboot attempt of the last several years.

As an educator I can't think of anything more exciting than the fact that we might help children obtain the character skills to live a life, so as adults at the end they might feel they thrived instead of merely survived.

More than anything he desires a profession that is not merely new to him, but one that's virtually unknown to the world at large.

Two of us seven directors say we need to do more than merely «cost - effective» efforts to reduce GHG emissions, the other five don't say anything.)

I have yet to see anything from psychologists that sheds any light on the debate more than it merely exacerbates its problems.

«Requiring an individual to attend two hearings rather than one merely to avoid paying a fee seems more likely to put litigants off rather than anything else»

The hardware was much more sleek and attractive than anything else on the market at the time, and many initially thought the move was merely an effort to encourage Windows PC makers to step up their game.