Example sentences of "[prep] no more [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the majority of the population , it seems that , now as before , the ‘ Jewish Question ’ was of no more than secondary interest . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Their bosses view them as no more than glorified typists and they are denied career opportunities . |
| 5 | Although there were from time to time reports of " crossed aphasia " , in which the lesion is on the same side as the preferred hand ( Bramwell , 1899 ) , these were initially regarded as no more than occasional exceptions of the " contralateral rule " . |
| 6 | As long as new measures of social policy in these areas could be presented as solutions to an inner city problem they stood a greater chance of popular acceptance than if they were seen as no more than further attempts to rid the nation of the welfare state legacy of the post-war era and the dependency mentality that went along with it . |
| 7 | Adorno 's view of performance is restrictive : basically , he sees its proper contemporary role as no more than faithful reproduction of the composer 's intentions . |
| 8 | They bitterly resented the unfounded claims , but after a time pushed it from their minds as no more than another instance of government ruthlessness in propaganda . |
| 9 | Essenes , Zadokites , Nazareans , Zealots and various other supposed groups emerge as no more than different designations — or , at most , different manifestations — of a single movement diffused throughout the Holy Land and well into Syria , from the second century B.C. on . |
| 10 | The first indeed had presented itself as no more than vivid memory , though — if she were honest with herself — she would admit it had arisen from a kind of fear . |
| 11 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 12 | Really slam into the punch bag , hitting it with a constant barrage of punches as fast and as hard as you possibly can for no more than 15–20 seconds . |
| 13 | In fact , she was asking for no more than American colleges everywhere asked of their alumni , and many Americans had benefited from the Oxford system . |
| 14 | A 17 and 18 year old escaped with no more than bloody noses . |
| 15 | They stood there , almost a metre tall , regarding our intrusion with no more than mild curiosity . |
| 16 | There was no fire , and all four occupants quickly vacated the wreckage with no more than minor injuries . |
| 17 | The mothers and children were out of sight now , reduced to no more than faint yelps from among the council houses built on rising ground above the green , and there was no-one else about , and would not be , until the men began to come home at dusk . |
| 18 | But his defeated rival , the nationalist Stasys Lozoraitis , said Mr Brazauskas ' programme would not resolve Lithuania 's economic crisis and amounted to no more than cosmetic changes . |
| 19 | At the first pruning , take each stem down to a suitable bud , so that ideally it is reduced to no more than 3–4 inches ( 8–10 cm ) in length . |
| 20 | First year pruning will take each stem of a bush rose down to no more than 3–4 inches ( 8–10cm ) , cutting where possible to suitable outward-pointing buds . |
| 21 | Husameddin , apparently basing his statements on no more than reasonable assumptions , states that " a few years alter his return from Egypt he was appointed muderris at the Manastir medrese ; and he at least implies that the appointment resulted from Molla Fenari 's having won the favour of the Grand Vezir Candarli Hayreddin Halil Pasa , who died in 789/1387 . |
| 22 | It is normally used in association with ripening and colouring , and for roses therefore apply in June onwards — hoe and water in ½ ounce ( 14g ) per square yard ( square metre ) at no more than 3–4 week intervals . |