Example sentences of "[adj] than a mere [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paid her ten pence at the glass cage of the entrance booth , to a young man who could not possibly be the custodian , Great-Uncle Alan 's contemporary , but was clearly something rather more scholarly than a mere gate-keeper . |
| 2 | I believe Trade Unions recognised that there was more to the Bank Dispute in 1992 than a mere Salary Issue . |
| 3 | As the music powered into focus , it suddenly seemed much more than a mere backdrop for Morrissey 's lyrical diatribes . |
| 4 | This is more than a mere measure of the offensive character in question . |
| 5 | In practice , it proved to be more than a mere truce after two decades of mutual and unbridled hostility . |
| 6 | Harsh and angry with undercurrents of lovelorn bitterness , but you ca n't imagine them amounting to more than a mere outlet for crowd frustration . |
| 7 | Yet , a number of democratic constitutions today contain more than a mere organisation chart of functions and powers ; they contain Bills of Rights , which may also include a charter of social and economic rights , something characteristic of constitutions of the twentieth century , although generally honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
| 8 | However , since it is more than a mere sign , it partakes of the reality it signifies and is a means of grace through which the atoning work of Christ is made effective in the life of the Christian . |
| 9 | ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition . |
| 10 | ‘ The fact that , after five years of separation , I 'm still married to Ross is nothing more than a mere technicality ! ’ |
| 11 | 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ More than a mere friend , I hope . |
| 13 | Today likewise Piraeus ' importance makes it much more than a mere annex of Athens and it has its own political traditions , regularly voting communist . |
| 14 | This is something more than a mere disturbance of the public calm or quiet but it appears that in the context of public order , the element of violence deemed essential in R. v. Howell ( C.A. , 1982 ) , in relation to powers of summary arrest , has not always been required . |
| 15 | They treat Scotland as no more than a mere appendage of England , and seek to impose on Scotland an educational agenda that is irrelevant to the real needs of Scottish education . |
| 16 | Admit you want more than a mere boy can offer . |
| 17 | The organizational separateness and distinctiveness of the state makes it much more than a mere mirror of , or passive receptacle for , the demands of society . |
| 18 | ‘ Or you risk more than a mere snub . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | No doubt it appealed to his vanity and his ambition to be regarded as more than a mere fiddler ; but after a harrowing year it must have been a decision he bitterly regretted . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | [ T ] he state is something more than a mere collection of families , or an agglomeration of occupational organisation , or a referee holding the ring between the conflicting interests of the voluntary associations which it permits to exist . |
| 24 | What booksellers can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much more saleable backlist titles with greater literary and commercial credentials ? |
| 25 | What bookseller can hope adequately to display more than a mere handful of these — and often then at the expense of much saleable backlist titles ? ’ |
| 26 | To be worth two murders in eight days , Ascot had to be more than a mere gambling scam . |
| 27 | ‘ M ’ is more than a mere dressmaker , she 's an artist : a fairy godmother sewing with enchanted thread , bringing , life to each John Peacock creation . |
| 28 | " It could n't happen to me and , even if it does , we have all got to die sometime " is a common self-justification that almost belies belief when it is considered that a life threatening " pleasure " is nothing more than a mere cigarette . |
| 29 | A good caddie is more than a mere assistant . |
| 30 | As that doyen of golf-writers , the late Henry Longhurst said , ‘ A good caddie is more than a mere assistant , he is guide , philosopher and friend . ’ |