Example sentences of "[prep] [art] more [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If it is not , and the garage or other body running the extended warranty scheme goes out of business , the warranty will be worth no more than the paper it is written on . |
| 3 | Although at the time it was seen as no more than the correction of an anomaly , only at the Labour Party 's annual conference in 1979 was the formal position of the Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party brought into line with the de facto position by his being accorded the title of ‘ Leader of the Labour Party ’ . |
| 4 | At that time Sobstad were introducing the Genesis concept to the UK and David assured us that this hi-tech sail would be available to us as a one-design class for no more than the cost of our present Dacron sail . |
| 5 | — for no more than the cost of ordinary books DO YOU BUY BOOKS ? |
| 6 | First , Steffi admitted ‘ The women 's event does n't really start before the second week ’ after most of the top seeds had advanced for no more than the loss of a few games . |
| 7 | A Carolyn who led another life , with no more than the ghost of a thought that things could have been different . |
| 8 | Eliot , " the first , longest and best " classical detective story , Wilkie Collins ' The Moonstone ( Read it if you have n't done so. ) managed very well with no more than the theft of a diamond . |
| 9 | It would amount to no more than the patient being dragged around with maximum support , using his unaffected side to try to keep up , and holding on to his helpers for dear life . |
| 10 | This " combination " which effectively amounts to no more than the adjective itself is then linked by explicit assignment to the entity of the subject . |
| 11 | According to Ekonomska politika ( 11 March 1985 ) , the creation of the self-management communities of interest has often amounted to no more than the conversion of a previous government bureau into a new organization . |
| 12 | Life appeared to continue largely as normal in the Libyan capital , and the warning seemed to amount to no more than the routine diplomatic tit-for-tat when countries expel each other 's envoys . |
| 13 | abolished the power of local councils to shift the burden of taxation on to local business , for the first time limiting the overall rise in business rates to no more than the rate of inflation ; |