a mere exercise

By their very nature patents may be considered exclusionary and anti-competitive. The Competition Act (s. 32) specifically empowers the court to prevent use of a patent only if it “unduly” lessens competition. Otherwise there must be “something more” than the mere exercise of patent rights to be anti-competitive.

Efforts to build a new socialist countryside must become more than a mere attempt at bolstering image and reputation, warned a leading economist on the countryside, on Tuesday at a press conference.

For public-sector unions, the Walker recall is no mere exercise in payback.

Can yoga be done for mere exercise? The problem is that Hatha Yoga is not merely a physical practice.

In spite of their incredible mastery of the instrument, it always seemed to me, when listening to their concerts or their recordings, that the most ‘secretly’ difficult of the Caprices compelled them to a minimum of caution (which I considered unavoidable), preventing a genuine musical: abandon. In other words, the exercise in all its daring somehow reduced the nature of most of the 24 pieces to mere exercise.

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As if addressing those who wonder why theory takes seriously its predecessors, this is no mere exercise in the history of thought.

About the only recurring motif in the Clash members' interaction with the downtrodden Ray is their tendency to heap abuse and physical violence on him for no apparent reason. One of them, after Ray compliments him, offers a torrent of insults. Another, practicing his boxing as Ray holds the punching bag, suddenly gets tired of mere exercise and starts slugging Ray for variety.

Introspective often to the pain threshold, "Chinese Eyes" gives fair warning that this is no mere exercise in self-pity, not just another hackneyed diatribe on the petty nuisances of rock stardom. On the back cover, Townshend peers forlornly through the self-made prison of his double-neck guitar.

Astronauts Robert L. Crippen, Frederick H. Hauck, John M. Fabian, Sally K. Ride and Norman E. Thagard flew in formation for eight hours with a satellite built by a West German aerospace company, Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm, while cameras aboard Challenger and the German satellite recorded the spectacular exercise on film.

Carried out 180 miles above the Earth, the maneuvers were no mere exercise in space. The astronauts were, in fact, rehearsing for the 13th space shuttle flight late next year.

Instead of deliverables, the allies need to prioritize a real strategic discussion. This meeting—the first for Obama and Abe as they begin new terms—should not be transactional or a mere exercise of ticking off scripted talking points.

Mr. DOUGLAS insists that his friends in Baltimore shall act fairly and honorably. He will accept no nomination obtained by trickery or mere exercise of power by the majority.