Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] [det] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( iii ) has had an order made against him which is not a bankruptcy order but which has the same or a similar effect under the law in force in any territory outside England and Wales ; |
| 2 | It looks the same as a racist stare , but it means something different . |
| 3 | We know of one prolific kite-maker , whose kites are marketed everywhere , who uses no more than a sharp knife of the ‘ snap-off ’ type to cut dozens of panels in a laminated pack around a metal template . |
| 4 | The device which I call a Wurly costs no more than a standard pump to run . |
| 5 | Hewlett Packard has launched the LaserJet 4 , a 600 dots per inch network printer which sets new standards for print quality and ease of use , and yet costs no more than a current LaserJet 3 . |
| 6 | The latter assertion represents no more than a pious belief , since Sukenick 's text repeatedly fragments itself into short phrasal units , disparate narrative strands , and oddly shifting ‘ characters ’ . |
| 7 | Many an interesting find requires no more than a wet hand and a sharp pair of eyes . |
| 8 | " To make a common practical Sailor requires no more than a natural Inclination to the Sea , and a sturdy healthy Constitution . |
| 9 | It seems no more than a charming anecdote , but when Professor Davie cites Bunting 's tale in Under Briggflatts , his history of British poetry since 1960 , he calls the incident ‘ challenging ’ . |
| 10 | The little details she slips in become almost unbearable : a teenage boy who weighs no more than a wooden Buddha ; a fisherwoman raging at the routine indignities of being in a hospital bed . |
| 11 | The court said that there was no general rule that a valuation made on an " erroneous principle " ( which presumably means the same as a mistaken decision ) had to stand unless it were also shown that a valuation on the right principle would produce a materially different figure from the figure of the erroneous valuation : if there were such a rule , it would place on the objector the extra burden of making a fresh valuation which in its turn might also be rejected . |
| 12 | ‘ The basic level of social work and social care training pays no more than a passing eye to the kind of skills we need to develop in care management . |
| 13 | The side kick delivered from the back foot is comparatively slow and does no more than a good front kick . |