Example sentences of "more [conj] a mere [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In the last year , Henderson has proved himself more than a mere economic indicator by giving Lord Hanson a drubbing before he had even formally launched a takeover bid for ICI . |
2 | Is this more than a mere technical exercise ? |
3 | Further , it should be now , not so much a bizarre , attention-grabbing death as the murder of someone who is more than a mere blood-bathed cadaver . |
4 | It was clearly not an all-party government , yet , until September 1932 at least , it was something more than a mere Conservative front . |
5 | But a share is something far more than a mere contractual right in personam . |
6 | The Kirkland facade is more than a mere architectural exhibit within the building , for |
7 | In aiming to be more than a mere common market , the Treaty emphasised the principle that the problems of one member state would be the problems of all . |