Example sentences of "than a mere [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is this more than a mere technical exercise ? |
| 2 | In retrospect , the buoyancy of equities relative to fixed-interest securities seems less a reflection of any positive preference or near-inflationary consideration than a mere short-term readjustment of the converse position . |
| 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 | Edward was far more , however , than a mere passive conduit for funds . |
| 5 | Taken to extremes , a Bonsai pine , cherry or plum can embrace many more elements than a mere dwarfed tree might at first suggest to the Westerner : antiquity , continuity ( the best examples have been cared for by successive generations ) , and symbolic qualities that only a study of Zen can fully bring home . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The problem with such a misrepresentation was much more significant than a mere historical mistake . |
| 8 | You have more audience , Julian , than a mere royal child , whatever his goodwill . |
| 9 | LTF , however , lasts much longer than a mere ten hours ; the effect can also be found in unanaesthetized animals implanted with permanent electrodes , and in such animals the potentiation has been observed as much as 16 weeks after the initial brief burst of stimulation . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But a share is something far more than a mere contractual right in personam . |
| 12 | The Kirkland facade is more than a mere architectural exhibit within the building , for |
| 13 | It was clearly not an all-party government , yet , until September 1932 at least , it was something more than a mere Conservative front . |