Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] than the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For goodness ’ sake , Shae , ’ she muttered into the darkness , ‘ you 're no better than the rest of them — you 're being betrayed by a longing that 's nothing more than physical . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 're no worse than the rest , ’ says my instructor , offering one small crumb of comfort . |
| 3 | — the heart is the first organ to develop in the embryo ; when we are no more than the size of a kidney bean , our heart is visible , pumping away ; |
| 4 | These unimportant trivialities are no more than the girl prised out of him . ’ |
| 5 | Most are no larger than the palm of a man 's hand , but even spiders this small can have a deadly poisonous bite . |
| 6 | The Canadian provisions would seem to be no better than the English in this respect . |
| 7 | However , they will receive an additional £200 increment on their allowance so that the maximum loss to a basic rate taxpayer aged 65 and over will be no greater than the loss to a basic rate taxpayer — £61 a year — aged under 65 . |
| 8 | Ideally the accumulated paint layers should be no thicker than the masking tape itself . |
| 9 | When the codes of practice were revised recently in response to strong pressure from the police , the guidance was made slightly less restrictive by removing the statement that reasonable suspicion should be no less than the suspicion required to effect arrest without warrant . |
| 10 | Time runs from the date of the breach , which will probably be no later than the date of the publication of the decision . |
| 11 | Communication should be mainly through the central command and control centre which may be no larger than the project leader and his small personal staff as may be a group of heads of sub-systems or both . |
| 12 | If it were not to do this , it would be no more than the futility of changing or avoiding the subject . |
| 13 | It can be no more than the crutch on which the imagination , and freedom , are supported . |
| 14 | In many cases , the employer 's " trade secrets " may be no more than the result of the application by an employee of his own skill and judgment , but if the employee was engaged specifically to produce that information then it can still amount to a trade secret . |
| 15 | It requires an element of direct involvement because of the need for selection and weighing of evidence , but the whole product should be no more than the sum of the parts . |
| 16 | You were no worse than the rest of them . |
| 17 | A race lost , a father murdered , a career on the skids — they were no more than the opening scenes of a nightmare which was engulfing her . |
| 18 | Nor would the view serve any purpose , including the purpose for which it was devised , if it were no more than the idea that particular episodes of consciousness-say desiring-can be identified by their causal roles , where such identification does not give us their nature , or all of their nature . |
| 19 | They were no more than the truth , but now his mother would ring Victoria and Emma and they would ring him and it would be one question after another until he went completely mad and started calling for humming-bird sandwiches or something . |
| 20 | Mr Johnston said this week 's reform talks were no more than the overture to a long debate that would run into the winter and become embroiled in GATT negotiations . |
| 21 | By now few proposals could be judged on their merits , only according to which national group put them forward ( or rather , each proposal was identified as if it were no more than the product of a national group ) . |
| 22 | Both concluded that the families of educated women were no smaller than the average . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the most highly automated programme of language teaching is no better than the material it contains ; it is what we put into it that determines the quality of the automation . |
| 24 | The ensuing dilemma that arts educators find themselves in is no less than the struggle to transform reality into something which more fully reflects the astounding potential that both boys and girls have to construct their own lives ; to make their own mark . |
| 25 | Christian marriage is no less than the unity of two people , living out the reality of Christ 's coming , death and resurrection in their lives together . |
| 26 | This battle , which is still raging , is no less than the fight between good and evil : the war between God and the Devil . |
| 27 | This battle , I have argued , is no less than the fight between God and the Devil . |
| 28 | ‘ Taxation ’ is no more than the name given to the quantification process whereby the amount of recoverable costs and disbursements is ascertained . |
| 29 | But if even in the sciences rationality is no more than the capacity to criticize the spontaneous , where can we expect it to be anything else ? |
| 30 | For most of human history political domination in the shape of empires , hereditary rulers , aristocracies , has been largely taken for granted , notwithstanding sporadic revolts , so that Mosca 's ( 1896 ) observation that ‘ in all societies — from societies that are very meagrely developed and have barely attained the dawnings of civilization , down to the most advanced and peaceful societies — two classes appear — a class that rules and a class that is ruled ’ , is no more than the recognition of a historical and , as he says , ‘ obvious ’ fact . |