Example sentences of "[det] be [art] more [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as this is no more than a cost-cutting exercise it falls outside the scope of this article . |
| 2 | Sometimes this is no more than a description of what has to be done but sometimes it incorporates how the operator does it or should do it . |
| 3 | Although this is no more than a metaphorical description , it nevertheless serves to give some idea of what these relations are like . |
| 4 | This is no more than a statement of fact ; throughout the Nixon years the opposition party held large majorities in both Houses of Congress ; the bureaucracy was thick with Democrats and the national media , at least , tended to be markedly hostile . |
| 5 | In some sense this is no more than a public relations exercise , albeit a difficult one . |
| 6 | This is no more than a sparring round , however , for the defection of Thursday 's Sandown winner , Satin Lover , realistically leaves only Duke of Monmouth to take on Mick Easterby 's pretender to the hurdling crown . |
| 7 | But this was no more than a temporary reversal in the most savage onslaught from England which the Scots had ever experienced . |
| 8 | This was no more than a gesture but it helped sustain the morale of the Belgians . |
| 9 | All the equipment here could be explained away ; this was no more than a training ground for those interested in self-defence , martial arts and war games . |
| 10 | Undaunted , Cocks hit back with yet another tract , A True and Impartial Inquiry … into the Late Bloody Execution at Thorn … ( 1727 ) , though this was no more than a stale reprise of past polemic , and was only published posthumously . |
| 11 | But , as far as James was concerned , this was no more than a PRECONDITION for the abolition of slavery . |
| 12 | But this was no more than a politeness with little political meaning , and one which disappeared , though slowly , during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . |