Example sentences of "more than a mere [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But ‘ the Eddie ’ signified more than a mere sporting spectacular : it was a celebration of a way of life . |
| 3 | Is this more than a mere technical exercise ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Yet we dared not leave the carriage for more than a mere leg-stretch just outside the door … |
| 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 . |