Sentence examples for greater than mere from inspiring English sources

He is after "something greater than mere factual truth".

The best left first; the loss of knowledge and experience was greater than mere numbers.

We have given ourselves over to something greater than mere form.

In a democratic Argentina, being an artist and politically engaged means shouldering a burden greater than mere opposition.

Just as man cannot be reduced to a means of production, he must find goals greater than mere consumption.

Perhaps, Clinton style, his definition of "met" requires a degree of intimacy greater than mere social intercourse.

And he repeatedly stresses that fiction can "get to a greater truth" than mere fact.

The Borders are also a ballad-world, where legend and the supernatural can wield greater authority than mere fact.

"This work," Byrne continues, "has a greater aim than mere illustration; we do not introduce colors for the purpose of entertainment, or to amuse by certain combinations of tint and form, but to assist the mind in its researches after truth, to increase the facilities of instruction and to diffuse permanent knowledge".

He reports that he discovered many young artists who were aware of "the need to perform some greater role than mere decoration or ironic critique," and he adds that they were "looking for ways to sustain creative practices without concern for the art market or art-world accolades.

Indeed, the signals we have chosen imply greater involvement than mere religious closeness.