Example sentences of "much [adj] [conj] [art] mere " 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Over and over again , Tchaikovsky makes his pieces something much more than a mere salon diversion by forming his tunes out of small , constantly changing and evolving melodic cells . |
| 4 | For Hickey , however , the memoirs were evidently much more than a mere record of past events . |
| 5 | But accompaniment is often much more than a mere ‘ filling-out ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( g ) Skipp is to be treated as a case where " there was much more than the mere consent of the owner . |