1.   And far from being a mere curiosity, such an experiment might let laboratory physicists study the properties of real black holes in space.

2.   Anthropologists say these are not mere ethnographic curiosities.

3.   For them, the stories of saints were not mere curiosities.

4.   McCardell is no mere historical curiosity.

5.   Millionaire customers are more than a mere statistical curiosity for Merrill and other securities firms.

6.   On the level of scholarship or mere curiosity, they are a nice, user-friendly bonus.

7.   Scientists embark on these projects not out of mere curiosity but with the hope of remaking ourselves into organisms more fit for survival than our ancestors.

8.   That work is no mere curiosity.

9.   The catalogues are not mere curiosities and not intended only to cash in on a niche market, though they use Madison Avenue techniques to sell products.

10.   The other actors are mere curiosities.