Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] no more than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system , located below the outfall from the hotel 's septic tank and apparently comprising no more than a marshy , plant-filled hollow , blends easily into the informal garden . |
| 2 | Gradually the technique develops its own style , moving away from red-figure as red-figure had early freed itself from the black figure tradition ; only white-ground long remains no more than a sideline of red-figure painters . |
| 3 | It is true that the Attorney-General 's Reference did not confront these particular issues directly , and the Lord Chief Justice perhaps intended no more than a sweeping reference to other kindred situations . |
| 4 | Its study is therefore in its infancy , and the cases presented above provide no more than a glimpse of its potential interest . |
| 5 | There was something mysterious about him and she wanted to ask so many questions , but he had that locked-in look , so that even if she risked Salt 's caustic tongue and asked outright about how he 'd come to be a slave , what it was like in Jamaica , if Africa was full of cannibals and if he 'd eaten people , she 'd probably get no more than a few shrugs for answers . |
| 6 | The device which I call a Wurly costs no more than a standard pump to run . |
| 7 | Happiness , wonderful as it is , is a transient thing , often lasting no more than a few moments . |
| 8 | Gibson 's ( 1969 ) account of these effects suggests that discrimination training may not be necessary but the same conclusion can be derived from more prosaic considerations — it might be argued , for instance , that the results described so far reflect no more than a disruption in control subjects confronted by novel stimuli at the start of the test discrimination . |
| 9 | For here lay no more than a piece of meat , oblivious , inanimate , an object to be examined without reverence . |
| 10 | Offending policemen frequently receive no more than a dishonourable discharge , and may resume killing in plain clothes , Mr Santos said , while some adolescents — who under Brazilian law are not criminally responsible - are also employed to kill other children . |
| 11 | Industry , strictly defined , can be regarded as having established itself only where production so exceeded local demand as to be aimed at a wider market , for a trade might flourish and yet remain no more than a subsidiary activity , like the leather trades of the Weald of Sussex . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A frequent or constant urge to urinate , which may be so strong you feel you may ‘ lose control ’ , even though you can actually pass no more than a few drops |