Example sentences of "more [subord] mere " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investors still need convincing that such firms offer more than mere placebos . |
| 2 | Databases are being taught how the world works , and thus becoming more than mere filing cabinets |
| 3 | The common property , if it is more than mere cash in hand or at the bank , will be vested in trustees who must deal with it in accordance with the rules or with any trust expressly declared , and it can be made liable for obligations incurred by , or on behalf of , the society . |
| 4 | It is more than mere style , something beyond the old ‘ something must be done ’ concern . |
| 5 | In the Celtic sense , Sovereignty means more than mere exercise of power . |
| 6 | The Last Honeymoon centres around a marriage on the rocks , and its charac ters are more than mere stereotypes . |
| 7 | We are more than mere animals , remember ! |
| 8 | Soil husbandry involves much more than mere ploughing and cultivation , although these are hard-won skills in themselves . |
| 9 | The problem is that this often encourages nothing more than mere farce . |
| 10 | The Divisional Court , presided over by the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Parker , emphasized that there had to be a ‘ real possibility ’ of a breach of the peace , but went on to find that just such a situation of menace existed here : eighteen people ‘ milling about ’ when there were only eight people in the works created a ‘ real danger of something more than mere picketing ’ . |
| 11 | For the new government , economic regeneration rested on more than mere control of public expenditure . |
| 12 | Largely as a result of Donald Griffin 's book The Question of Animal Awareness ( Rockefeller UP , 2nd ed 1981 ) , ethologists have begun to re-examine the issue of animal intellect and to ask whether the organisms they study are , as we presume ourselves to be , something more than mere mindless circuitry . |
| 13 | Their large thick ears are clearly required for more than mere show . |
| 14 | This involves much more than mere physical requirements . |
| 15 | The elections have been organised without the facility for the candidates to address the electorate directly , that is with more than mere biographical detail . |
| 16 | I 'm not saying I chose an affair expressly to ward off the 30th birthday blues , but my age and stage contributed more than mere chance . |
| 17 | It had not taken her long to discover the team 's skills ran to more than mere mountaineering . |
| 18 | At the same time the emergence of GCSE English has come to mean more than mere changes of emphasis at the upper end of secondary schools . |
| 19 | This may not be a totally convincing critique of modern society , but it has clear modern relevance and is more than mere dislike . |
| 20 | Yet body language often tells us so much more than mere words . |
| 21 | Such a survey can serve more than mere biographical curiosity , and a final section will suggest how it may clarify some issues of current interest to historians , to philosophers and to biologists . |
| 22 | He knew that Sharpe 's insults were more than mere anger , but a deliberate provocation to a duel . |
| 23 | The Falstaffian affability in evidence since April has hinted at more than mere satisfaction , however , namely , a nudge and a wink about his imminent reinstatement by the ICC . |
| 24 | The plot of each book is built on the physical fact of impersonation : the emotional content depends on character , as the Englishman in effect proves himself worthy to be a king in more than mere appearance . |
| 25 | Many of these features are unique to these mountains , and make them of much more than mere climbing interest . |
| 26 | There , musicianship and musical intelligence count for more than mere voice . |
| 27 | His multi- handed companions play their parts ( albeit less exacting ones ) with no less skill , with a unanimity that stems from more than mere visual watchfulness ; the recording engineer has added his contribution in the form of truthful sound and first-rate balance . |
| 28 | However , unlike the other offences under the Act , the violence must be directed against the person and must be more than mere threatening words . |
| 29 | The reply , however , consists in more than mere reiteration or insistence . |
| 30 | The section 6(2) and section 61(1) remedies are more than mere machinery . |