Example sentences of "[prep] no more " in BNC.
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| 1 | SERPS consists of no more than a promise that future generations will pick up the bill . |
| 2 | In that year , 1955 , when McCarthy was of no more consequence , twenty-two witnesses plucked up courage not to testify , including the folk singer , Pete Seeger , who got a year in jail for his stand . |
| 3 | In fact , much points towards the conclusion that , despite its centrality to Hitler 's own thinking , anti-Semitism was for the most part of no more than secondary importance as a factor shaping popular opinion in the Third Reich . |
| 4 | For the majority of the population , it seems that , now as before , the ‘ Jewish Question ’ was of no more than secondary interest . |
| 5 | Ken de la Salle , head of foreign exchange , also stayed cool , predicting a top rate of no more than Dm2.88 for the pound the following day . |
| 6 | As we saw in World War II when SOE agents in France were deliberately sacrificed in order to plant deception schemes upon the Germans , ' ! espionage is a very brutal-game in which human lives are of no more significance than pieces on a chess board . |
| 7 | Yet for many centuries , Cheltenham consisted of no more than a single street , lined with a few houses . |
| 8 | But the creation of the European Community over 30 years ago was inspired by the idea of no more war in Europe . |
| 9 | He was guilty of no more than his usual exaggeration when , at the age of twenty-four , he announced to a friend that he had read ‘ almost every thing ’ . |
| 10 | The timing of these concerted attacks to the same day , along the entire front , made it impossible for the Austro-Hungarian forces to be switched back and forth behind their line , with the result that they had to fight each battle with the support of no more than local reserves . |
| 11 | On this view , understandably , animals would be of no more worth in themselves than drugs or edifying books that produced the same effect . |
| 12 | Even an estate worth upwards of £100 a year might well consist of no more than a couple of manors plus an assortment of lesser parcels , all located in a single county . |
| 13 | It is relatively young , with a probable age of no more than a few million years . |
| 14 | The above two examples give body to the suggestion by Alan Clarke that early learning , in itself , is of no more consequence than learning at any other stage of development , and that it will bring about long-term effects only if it is repeatedly reinforced throughout subsequent childhood . |
| 15 | But for her the difference of sex is essentially of no more import than are differences of race . |
| 16 | The fact of Jesus ’ maleness then would seem to be of no more import than is his or her sexuality in the case of any other human being . |
| 17 | It is sometimes said that the difference of sex is of no more significance than the difference of race . |
| 18 | And she , warned off intellectual discussion by years of experience , withdrew , and could think of no more to say . |
| 19 | Not only did it win 13 of the 14 constituency seats ( 92.9% ) : it managed to do so on an average constituency vote of no more than 43.5% , which was further reduced by the usual leakage to a list vote of 41.8% . |
| 20 | In the darkness we passed through the defile of Gebel Silsila where the river narrows dramatically to a width of no more than a few yards . |
| 21 | Without them we had been , as formerly , a Prey to every petty Invader ; and the flourishing Empire of Great-Britain would be of no more consequence in Europe than the petty Republick of Lucca in Italy . |
| 22 | In many cases git consists of no more than a few managers/supervisors . |
| 23 | I have already instanced the first chapter of Simenon 's Maigret 's Pickpocket , which consists of no more than a description of Maigret riding to work on a bus , as being as gripping as any chase sequence , from the absolute accuracy of the writing and its complete economy . |
| 24 | Pairs of RIC men were patrolling on each side of the wide thoroughfare and , though to Jacob they were of no more account than any other pedestrians , he realised that Deirdre could not feel so unconcerned . |
| 25 | Lili relented , or perhaps she could think of no more artifacts to describe . |
| 26 | ‘ This man is of no more use to the world than those artists who came to fawn on me and scrape a little importance for themselves . |
| 27 | However , generalisations about the sexuality of women is of no more relevance in a criminal trial than generalisations about sadistic tendencies or pornographic fantasies in men . |
| 28 | Of no more strength and substance against inertia |
| 29 | Small companies wishing to dispense with the burden of audit would have to have turnover of no more than the VAT registration threshold , under new proposals from the Government . |
| 30 | I did so , and seeing I was of no more use , I rushed inside to awaken my older brother and sister to show them what had happened . |