What's the difference between beyond and ulterior?

Beyond


Definition:

  • (prep.) On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.
  • (prep.) At a place or time not yet reached; before.
  • (prep.) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.
  • (prep.) In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.
  • (adv.) Further away; at a distance; yonder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The enzyme, when assayed as either a phospholipase A2 or lysophospholipase, exhibited nonlinear kinetics beyond 1-2 min despite low substrate conversion.
  • (2) Beyond this, physicians learn from specific problems that arise in practice.
  • (3) This promotion of repetitive activity by the introduction of additional potassium channels occurred up to an "optimal" value beyond which a further increase in paranodal potassium permeability narrowed the range of currents with a repetitive response.
  • (4) However, since CR3 does not recognize a hexapeptide containing RGD, we presume that residues beyond the RGD triplet contribute to binding.
  • (5) This case is unusual in that it demonstrated no malignant epithelium beyond that of a borderline tumor, but met the criteria of malignancy because of its invasiveness and metastasis.
  • (6) Reversible male contraception is another objective that remains beyond our reach at present.
  • (7) Newspapers and websites across the country have been reporting the threat facing nursery schools for weeks, from Lancashire to Birmingham and beyond.
  • (8) It felt like my very existence was being denied,” said Hahn Chae-yoon, executive director of Beyond the Rainbow Foundation.
  • (9) Echocardiographic findings included an abrupt midsystolic, posterior motion (greater than 3 mm beyond the CD line) in five patients, multiple sequence echoes in six, and posterior coaptation of the mitral valve near the left atrial wall in six.
  • (10) It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and – most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought.” Diversity needs action beyond the Oscars | Letters Read more He may have provided the Richard Littlejohn wishlist from hell – you know the one, about the one-legged black lesbian in a hijab favoured by the politically correct – but as a Hollywood A-lister, the joke’s no longer on him.
  • (11) The length of delay is determined by unconscious, non-rational processes, and other factors beyond her control.
  • (12) Histologically, all 17 lesions were squamous cell carcinomas; 10 lesions being mucosal carcinomas, the remaining 7 lesions mucosal carcinomas spreading beyond the epithelial layer.
  • (13) They were preceded by the publication of The Success and Failure of Picasso (1965) and Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the USSR (1969); in one, he made a hopeless mess of Picasso’s later career, though he was not alone in this; in the other, he elevated a brave dissident artist beyond his talents.
  • (14) Continuous exposure to long days or to short days delayed the first normal luteal cycle beyond 1 yr of age.
  • (15) Computerized axial tomography diagnosed the injury in 14 of the 24 patients requiring study beyond initial screening.
  • (16) Cable argued that the additional £30bn austerity proposed by the chancellor after 2015 went beyond the joint coalition commitment to eradicate the structural part of the UK's current budget deficit – the part of non-investment spending that will not disappear even when the economy has fully emerged from the recession of 2008-09.
  • (17) Many varieties of display beyond the 12-lead ECG are also available in software.
  • (18) The mean age of gravidae with doubtful smears is about 6 years beyond the mean age of gravidae with positive smears.
  • (19) Flexion of the knee beyond 40 degrees progressively diminished viability of the edges of the wound, particularly the lateral edge.
  • (20) As a university student in the early 1980s and a political journalist for most of the 1990s and beyond, I was aware of the issues surrounding Britain's continental occupation.

Ulterior


Definition:

  • (a.) Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
  • (a.) Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
  • (n.) Ulterior side or part.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Total gastrectomy is rarely indicated in childhood and when necessary it involves multiple ulterior therapeutic problems, mainly nutritional, which need a meticulous physiological approach to avoid further complications, as illustrated by the following patient who, at age 15 months, was submitted to total gastric resection, Y en Roux esophagojejunal anastomosis and splenectomy, because of peritonitis secondary to dehiscence of a recent esophagogastric anastomosis for partial gastric resection due to gastric volvulus and necrosis, which in turn were associated to diaphragmatic relaxation.
  • (2) She described the president, whom she has known for 40 years, as “a person without ulterior motives”.
  • (3) The addition of alpha-ecdysone permits only cellular divisions, a preliminary and indispensable condition for ulterior differentiation.
  • (4) The report made wild guesses, and was groundless and with ulterior motives,” the spokesperson said, adding that China’s stance was “clear”.
  • (5) Number 10 has been trying to contain the damage by briefing that the former work and pensions secretary is a ludicrous figure with an ulterior motive.
  • (6) Refugees from the Middle East and north Africa are “masking the movement” of terrorists and criminals, Nato’s top commander told Congress on Tuesday, despite the protests of human rights groups who say that refugees overwhelmingly have no ulterior motive but escape.
  • (7) Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the Dalai Lama had "ulterior motives" for his remarks.
  • (8) Ulterior motive in the helper would have to be excluded.
  • (9) "There are no ulterior motives other than genuinely sharing things we enjoy.
  • (10) After de follow-up study over 10 years regarding the children coming from a special scholarship (type 8) and having received all the adapted aids, it seems that a good adaptation has resulted to a good ulterior professional training college.
  • (11) As ever with Ashley, people will look for ulterior motives.
  • (12) A spokesman, Hong Lei, said the report "blackens China's name and has ulterior motives".
  • (13) But there is an ulterior motive,” said Luke Akehurst, a Labour councillor and former NEC member.
  • (14) After 12 weeks the mean pressure was ulteriorly lowered to some 104.3 mm Hg (13.90 kPa) on bopindolol and to some 106.0 mm Hg (14.12 kPa) on metoprolol.
  • (15) While the Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, acknowledged that his country's problems are "homemade" and that his government has a duty to put "our own house in order", he went on to claim that the crisis had been exacerbated by outside interference: "This an attack on the eurozone by certain other interests, political or financial … We are being targeted, particularly with an ulterior motive or agenda, and of course there is speculation in the world markets."
  • (16) I have an ulterior motive for wishing to contribute to Gove's scheme.
  • (17) The quality of the relation of attunement determines probably the ulterior level of the inter-subjective relatedness of the ability to "be-with", to share.
  • (18) Questioned by Pleming, Roberts denied he had said the marine reserve idea was a plan with an "ulterior motive" – namely, to prevent the islanders from returning.
  • (19) Hugh Lovatt, Israel and Palestine coordinator at the European Council on Foreign Relations , said that while al-Arouri was a significant Hamas figure – serving as the group's most prominent representative in Turkey – the former militant could have an ulterior motive for making his claim.
  • (20) Ulteriorly however, although dosages of Metiamide were increased, acid hypersecretion resumed and a duodenal ulcer developed.