Example sentences of "more than [art] mere [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the music powered into focus , it suddenly seemed much more than a mere backdrop for Morrissey 's lyrical diatribes . |
| 2 | This is more than a mere measure of the offensive character in question . |
| 3 | In practice , it proved to be more than a mere truce after two decades of mutual and unbridled hostility . |
| 4 | Harsh and angry with undercurrents of lovelorn bitterness , but you ca n't imagine them amounting to more than a mere outlet for crowd frustration . |
| 5 | Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’ |
| 6 | Today likewise Piraeus ' importance makes it much more than a mere annex of Athens and it has its own political traditions , regularly voting communist . |
| 7 | This is something more than a mere disturbance of the public calm or quiet but it appears that in the context of public order , the element of violence deemed essential in R. v. Howell ( C.A. , 1982 ) , in relation to powers of summary arrest , has not always been required . |
| 8 | They treat Scotland as no more than a mere appendage of England , and seek to impose on Scotland an educational agenda that is irrelevant to the real needs of Scottish education . |
| 9 | The organizational separateness and distinctiveness of the state makes it much more than a mere mirror of , or passive receptacle for , the demands of society . |
| 10 | But most killers are not homicidal maniacs and the victim contributes much more than a mere coincidence of time and place to his own fate . |
| 11 | Changes in content and style — ‘ news ’ was now moved to the front pages , there were briefer stories , news stories grew in importance as ‘ opinion and commentary ’ lost favour , different typographical styles were used to attract readers and make newspapers less severe — reflected much more than a mere process of ‘ modernization ’ . |
| 12 | [ T ] he state is something more than a mere collection of families , or an agglomeration of occupational organisation , or a referee holding the ring between the conflicting interests of the voluntary associations which it permits to exist . |
| 13 | What booksellers can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much more saleable backlist titles with greater literary and commercial credentials ? |
| 14 | What bookseller can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much saleable backlist titles ? ’ |
| 15 | The tunnel is more than a mere curiosity to astronomers . |
| 16 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
| 17 | For Hickey , however , the memoirs were evidently much more than a mere record of past events . |
| 18 | A worthwhile appraisal will involve more than a mere pronouncement on the quality of your recent work , a pat on the head or a kick on the backside as the case may be . |
| 19 | This is more than a mere breach of the implied condition that goods should comply with the contract description . |
| 20 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ( g ) Skipp is to be treated as a case where " there was much more than the mere consent of the owner . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | more than the mere fact of existence ; it is as it were the ego quality of this existence . |