Example sentences of "[prep] [art] more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That was a crucial part of turning the Royal Family into no more than a diversion for the public . |
| 32 | Nevertheless , a foot sweep does require a lot of power to prevent it from degenerating into no more than a shin attack . |
| 33 | Even those specimens collected from deep water seem to accept captive life in no more than a couple of feet of water quite happily . |
| 34 | Losers £100 million fortunes just dribbled away to nothing in no more than a couple of years |
| 35 | ‘ Yet — with your Grace 's permission ? — if this eight hundred marks was paid over no more than a year and a half ago , surely it can not all have been used or turned into goods so soon , ’ he said . |
| 36 | This , he said , could not be characterised as having breached the duty of good faith which amounted to no more than a principle of fair and honourable dealing . |
| 37 | 170 it was held that the word ‘ convicted ’ in sections 9 and 12 of the Coinage Offences Act 1861 ( 24 & 25 Vict. c. 99 ) referred to no more than a finding of guilt . |
| 38 | He whispered something but so close to my ear the sound was distorted and I said , suppressing my voice to no more than a breath because it can be so harsh , ‘ Say it again . |
| 39 | But he grew rich on no more than a promise . |
| 40 | Looking backwards , the ways of the men and women of the countryside in the mid-nineteenth century seem fixed in an ancient tradition changing , if at all , at no more than a snail 's pace . |
| 41 | They slip and slide against each other — somewhat ponderously , since they proceed at no more than a foot a year and sometimes a great deal less . |
| 42 | Old Sprout , the greengrocer , banging the door behind him as he comes out of his shop , loosens half a card-load of snow , which skids off his roof and pancakes on the pavement , missing his head by no more than a foot . |
| 43 | And within was empty darkness , fenced off by no more than a ridge of soil . |
| 44 | He had misjudged the speed of his target by no more than a fraction . |