Example sentences of "[conj] be [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I would never believe it at one time , but I now accept , along with every other carp angler , that carp can differentiate — given time — between a bait that is no more than a tasty morsel of carbohydrate and one that consists mainly of ingredients with a high nutritive value |
| 2 | It is Easter weekend in Paris and , while his wife is away , middle-aged Jacques ( Stephen Moore ) brings home Julie , a sexy little bimbo played by Leslie Ash in a mini-skirt that is no broader than a cummerbund . |
| 3 | Little Billy shifted his position and placed one eye right up against the square hole that was no bigger than a postage stamp . |
| 4 | For Origen that was no more than a matter of tactics in controversy , not one of principle . |
| 5 | They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track . |
| 6 | I decided that she had never really liked Richard and wrote her an angry letter attacking a Labour politician I knew she particularly admired , saying he did not care for Socialist principles and was no more than a cunning man who would do anything for power . |
| 7 | The shape passed by , and was no more than a shape , dimly descried under the faint tempering of the darkness the thread of sky made between the trees : but the shape was familiar , a hooded man shrouded in voluminous cloth . |
| 8 | This deposit mantles the flanks of the pre-existing cone , but is no more than a few metres thick at most . |
| 9 | This is highly efficient , but is no more than a slight modification of the normal skin-shedding process — quite an easy evolutionary step for any reptilian species to make , especially in comparison with the ‘ natural ligature ’ device in the lizard 's tail . |
| 10 | Evidently he thinks of the distinction as being no more than a useful device for developing and explaining his claim , that all ideas derive from experience . |
| 11 | You could be described as being no more than a brain on wheels or a brain stuck in a chair . |