Example sentences of "[art] mere [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the merest vestige of this astonishing contraption is visible , unintelligible to many visitors , but for those with some imagination and a little technical knowledge ( well within the scope of almost everybody ) , a site full of wonder and excitement . |
| 2 | Neither of my children showed the merest inclination to follow me into journalism or television . |
| 3 | He nodded , the merest inclination of the head , to say , well , he did n't necessarily commit himself to agreeing but that he was n't ruling it out as a might-have-been either . |
| 4 | There was only the merest hiatus before the breasts-in-question 's husband said , ‘ What would they be to an accountant ? ’ |
| 5 | She hesitated for the merest fraction of a second . |
| 6 | It was a knife 's edge of a mood , and by the merest fraction it had tipped the wrong way . |
| 7 | Marc , of course , letting nothing slip his notice , raised one eyebrow the merest fraction , a gesture that spoke volumes . |
| 8 | And turning away from calls to battle and the accompanying rise in blood pressure , it seems reasonable for teachers of literature to go on teaching what they have been trained to teach , and what they like , understand , and are familiar with , without also having to take on many varieties of history — intellectual , cultural , political , social , economic , artistic , and musical — not to mention sociology , the study of popular culture , including the merest graffito , and , inevitably , literary theory . |
| 9 | Or is it the merest coincidence that Kyle is sitting back in his chair , with the receiver to his ear , stroking the bald patch on the back of his head as I explain my business ? |
| 10 | Moving his head a fraction , he opened his eyes the merest slit and scowled at her from under thick dark lashes . |
| 11 | By not the merest flicker of an eyebrow did Morse betray the slightest interest in the prospect of interviewing an attractively proportioned and ( most probably ) scantily clad woman at such an ungodly hour . |
| 12 | Only by the merest chance would a traveller through space happen upon the planet Earth ; a tiny jewel of a place , orbiting an unexceptional star in an ordinary galaxy , but — miracle of miracles — providing precisely those conditions , neither too hot nor too cold , nor too dense nor too sparse , where the astonishingly delicate processes of life can unfold . |
| 13 | For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone . |
| 14 | It may not sound like much to get excited about but for enthusiasts even the merest chance of a sighting is somehting worth turning out for . |
| 15 | For us to respond with sneering anti-Americanism is the merest childishness . |
| 16 | In the meantime , it is likely that everyone had contracted the disease at some time or another in his or her life , and it proved fatal to those with the merest weakness whose bodies could not withstand its ravages . |
| 17 | Despite a conspicuous absence of the merest shred of evidence that Nizan had " betrayed " the PCF in any sense other than resigning from the party itself , it was objectively impossible for a communist in postwar France to view Nizan in terms other than those of betrayal and treachery . |
| 18 | A great cheer went up as he started hitting the ball around , the merest tap sending it miles across a field as brown as Raimundo 's goatskin apron . |
| 19 | I note here how eloquently he yields to the muted viola and cello duo at 2'07 ’ , withdrawing his tone to the merest thread of sound , barely grazing the string . |
| 20 | She shook her head slightly , trying to clear her thoughts , but a tiny suspicion , the merest thread of possibility persisted : it just might be that the man whose initial scattered the pages of Elise 's diary before abruptly ceasing , three weeks before her death , could have some bearing on the mystery . |
| 21 | Then he lay in a Dublin hospital bed with his neck in a brace , his rugby future hanging by the merest thread . |
| 22 | It was the merest thread of sound . |
| 23 | With the body encased , the top lid — with the merest ghost of a form — was placed over the lip of the main case , as one would the lid of a shoe-box , and soldered with a 3/4-inch iron . |
| 24 | The clouds are almost white in appearance , with the merest tinge of yellow , and their existence shows that Venus has an atmosphere to support them . |
| 25 | The curtains were partly open , allowing the merest glimmer of moonlight to creep in . |
| 26 | She stood a while , intently regarding him , her hand steadying the portmanteau on the bed , and only the merest glimmer of guilt colouring her face . |
| 27 | Inside , it felt so phoney that the merest glimmer of amusement would have sent an embarrassed blush swirling up from her neck to her forehead . |
| 28 | But so strung up , his trophies ; Anton 's underpants , that — and this a man to swoon at blood ? — it might be the merest scratch . |
| 29 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 30 | It took the merest instant , but as a process it never ceased to fascinate her . |