Example sentences of "more [conj] the mere [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The infant Elizabeth will learn that being promised a sweet for behaving herself will result in more than the mere probability of its arrival ; the penny will have dropped when she realises that a promise entitles her to the reward — it is her due , to which she has a right . |
| 2 | The golden circle and the golden cap which form the basis of Stephen 's Crown became for Hungary something more than the mere symbol of royalty . |
| 3 | This is meaning in as rich an intentional sense as one is likely to get — far more than the mere instilling of ( first-order ) knowledge with which McDowell deals . |
| 4 | ( g ) Skipp is to be treated as a case where " there was much more than the mere consent of the owner . |
| 5 | If ministerial responsibility were more than the mere shadow of a name , the matter would be less important , but as it is , the Courts are the only defence of the liberty of the subject against departmental aggression . |
| 6 | more than the mere fact of existence ; it is as it were the ego quality of this existence . |