Example sentences of "[be] [adj] than [art] mere [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the declaration issued by the congress left no doubt that the decision was intended to be more than a mere facelift : ‘ The present concept of socialism , the Stalinist system , has exhausted all its social , economic , political and moral reserves , and has proved unsuitable for keeping pace with global developments . |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | In practice , it proved to be more than a mere truce after two decades of mutual and unbridled hostility . |
| 4 | To be worth two murders in eight days , Ascot had to be more than a mere gambling scam . |
| 5 | So your research for this sort of book should be wider than the mere acquisition of facts about bustle skirts or togas or doublet and hose . |