This model starts from the assumption that an ensemble of instantons cannot be described by a mere sum of separate instantons.

Davies ended the review by stating that "the band is-at times-more than the mere sum of its parts."

Although both sides are mere finite sums, no proof by entirely finite methods has yet been found.

I9 them creates something much greater than the mere sum of the parts.

"Songs for the Deaf," one of the year's oddest and most imaginative hard-rock records, never sounds like the mere sum of the members' former bands.

The video, which cost the mere sum of 5000₣, became controversial, due to the song's ambiguous lyrics.

To have a meaningful definition of compound words, we have to exclude such compounds whose meaning is the mere sum of its elements.

If it's sufficient, use only encryption or signing, as the combination of both is significantly slower than the mere sum of the single operations.

Where an invention is a combination of elements, the elements must produce something that is more than a mere sum of their individual effects.

At the same time, one remembers, the collection was conceived not as a mere sum of its brilliant parts.