Example sentences of "[verb] no [adj -er] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had just enough sense to appreciate that as a pain it rated no higher than a toothache . |
| 2 | Begging your pardon , Sir , but some of those alleged artists that get feted on BBC Two could paint no better than a monkey in the zoo . |
| 3 | A robot , with no matter how powerful an artificial intelligence , would perform no better than a person . ’ |
| 4 | On account of the shelling , motor transport could approach no closer than a cross-roads nicknamed ‘ Le Tourniquet ’ at the end of the Voie Sacrée . |
| 5 | It looked no larger than a pin when it finally hit the surface without a sound , and disappeared . |
| 6 | ‘ I have promised to take big fights all over the country and they come no bigger than a bout with a world title at stake , ’ Hearn said . |
| 7 | Even in pre-telegraph days , when instructions could be sent no faster than a horse could trot or a ship sail , it is far from clear that this meant greater independence for diplomats . |