Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] than merely [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall not have a complete theory until we can do more than merely say that ‘ things are as they are because they were as they were . ’ |
| 2 | I told you last night , George , I ca n't do more than merely agree . |
| 3 | Successful time management allows you to do more than merely cope with your study or your work in the office . |
| 4 | However , if artistic representations of my experience are to do more than merely reflect a personal trauma , it is imperative that the work connect with the common experiences of other women in the same or similar situations . |
| 5 | Stories like these do more than merely entertain or divert us . |
| 6 | Indeed , in many cases , we do more than merely want true beliefs : we positively need them in order to survive , since our survival depends on our actions fulfilling our most basic desires , such as the desire for food and warmth . |
| 7 | When teachers are trained and develop expertise in particular subjects , they do more than merely master appropriate content and gather relevant bodies of technical expertise . |
| 8 | Once more , you want to aim with your research not just to acquire enough facts spread over your pages to give a feeling of the times , but to acquire so many that you have enough and to spare and can choose among your store for the one that does more than merely give a notion of the time you are writing about . |