Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [art] mere [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The altered structure of society — the small family size , the small dwelling unit , the substitution of mechanical aids for domestic service — has contributed as much as the mere increased expectation of survival to this striking phenomenon of a large and increasing number of aged and isolated individuals . |
| 2 | In almost two years that expectation has evaporated , and now Hick is thought of by many as a mere one-day specialist , someone whose England place has survived only because of his limited-overs achievements ( 697 runs from 23 internationals at an average of 38 ) and his all-round ability as a fielder and more than useful off-spinner . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Is this more than a mere technical exercise ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was clearly not an all-party government , yet , until September 1932 at least , it was something more than a mere Conservative front . |
| 7 | But a share is something far more than a mere contractual right in personam . |
| 8 | The Kirkland facade is more than a mere architectural exhibit within the building , for |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 11 | The problem with such a misrepresentation was much more significant than a mere historical mistake . |