Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Kaiser did everything he could to ensure that his son should be no more than a figurehead in the army given under his command . |
| 2 | According to a pamphlet of 1704 , the present war was about whether England should be a popish or a Protestant country , since Louis XIV was advancing the cause of a popish prince to the throne of Great Britain , whilst at home the strength of the papists was increased " by the Non-Jurors and Disaffected Persons of all sorts " , who were zealous for a popish prince . |
| 3 | Therefore it was Adam 's duty to come home and face the music , even though this might be no more than a short blast on a tin whistle . |
| 4 | On the other hand , for Tiny Rowland of the conglomerate Lonrho , and for the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company of California , his pre-decessor as owners of The Observer , the control of a national paper might be no more than a useful form of corporate public relations and personal prestige . |
| 5 | Therefore the great extent of one or the other at various times in the past , might be no more than a measure of the width of the contemporary climatic belts . |
| 6 | Reginald de Grey reckoned every Welshman a thief and an outlaw , and had his borders patrolled as though against the entire army of France , in great measure creating the animosity and disorder he saw everywhere ; and this company might be no more than a routine patrol meant to impress and intimidate on his usual terms . |
| 7 | The remark could be no more than a pious platitude , but the context allows a more specific reading : that the council had agreed to accept the nominal rule of the young king . |
| 8 | It could be no more than a foot wide . |
| 9 | The remark could be no more than a pious platitude , but the context allows a more specific reading : that the council had agreed to accept the nominal rule of the young king . |
| 10 | As I said it could be a thirty or a sixty minute job . |
| 11 | Riding through Gloucestershire yesterday some of the best cyclists in britain as the 1993 Tour of the Cotswolds got underway … the first race was way back in 1951 but this could be the last unless a sponsor is found to save the race … |
| 12 | Oh , well , I say I 'm on early but I will be , I could be an early or a late . |
| 13 | There 's the half it 'd be the same as a half add a quarter . |
| 14 | In one sense , offering insurance in this way may be no more than a marketing device and the whole deal is a matter for the commercial judgement of the firm involved — and their clients . |
| 15 | Self-defence of this kind may be no more than a threat , as in the case of the inflated toad , standing high on its legs when confronted by a grass snake ( above ) , or the frilled lizard ( right ) which erects a huge umbrella of skin around its gaping jaws . |
| 16 | Saving on housing is more than often , very unwise , when depreciated over a period of 10 years , the extra cost may be no more than a few eggs per bird extra . |
| 17 | Nearly three months have passed … by now a relieving force may be no more than a day 's march away , and yet you 're prepared to mortgage away your future lives as if they did not exist ! |
| 18 | This may be no more than a judgement of which line on a graduated scale a movable needle is nearest to . |
| 19 | Although urinary incontinence may be no more than a nuisance in some women , for many it is far more troublesome . |
| 20 | The external arrogance or bonhomie of the primary sufferer may be no more than a fearful mask . |
| 21 | But here , the B section may be no more than a brief refrain like the ‘ Alleluias ’ which end both parts of Richafort 's ‘ Quem dicunt homines ’ or an extended section of more than forty bars as with the ‘ fera pessima devoravit filium meum Joseph ’ of Clemens 's ‘ Tulerunt autem ’ which is spliced with the ends of the preceding sections in a way that epitomizes the composer 's technical skill : |
| 22 | In many cases the accompaniment may be no more than a doubling of the melody ( at the unison or octave , or even in the bass ) with added chordal harmony . |
| 23 | The most recent events may be impacts which have yielded craters with bright rays ( section 6.3.5 ) which may be no more than a few tens of Ma old . |
| 24 | If the present cratering rate on Mars can be extended into the distant past then it can be shown that among the light and moderately heavily cratered regions there is a great range of ages , from regions that may be no more than a few tens of Ma old , to regions about 3000 Ma old . |
| 25 | Estimates of the number of fluent speakers vary , but there may be no more than a few hundred thousand . |
| 26 | As Edmund is unlikely to have issued law in which he exhorted himself , these provisions may be no more than a programme laid before the full witan , and perhaps preached to it . |
| 27 | The external schema is the subset of the database which is relevant to the particular user , and though it may be a summarised and a very restricted subset , the user may think that it represents the whole view , because it is the whole view as far as the user is concerned . |
| 28 | It may make for easier government and public convenience to restrict the tradition of marching and assembling for protest , but it would be a dangerous and a foolish idea to believe that public protest can somehow be laid aside as belonging to a bygone age . |
| 29 | A dozen flying machines and their pilots would be no more than a blip on a piece of magnetic tape . |
| 30 | Assessment would be no more than a subjective judgement of how well the student could perform specific DTP tasks . |