Example sentences of "[det] than [vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an old story , and Nicholas did no more than pull a molasses-type face . |
| 2 | His argument deploys the old jargon of authenticity , now combined with the jargon of otherness ; despite his Hegelian framework , Scruton deploys this jargon as an exalted metaphor which does little more than bestow a spurious profundity on a normative sexual politics which is at heart timid , conservative , and deeply ignorant . |
| 3 | With the need for speedy disposal of the dead — and that organized by others than the coffin-makers — together with a dwindling supply of wood in the face of more work than they could handle , few involved in the trade were going to do more than fabricate a utilitarian box of standard shape . |
| 4 | ( No one , of course , believes that the Liberal Democrats can do any more than secure a hung parliament — but there is a very real possibility that this may happen and they are therefore a force to be considered . |
| 5 | John Major will need to do more than provide a discreet crossing from worthy words to anti-social acts . |
| 6 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 7 | Plynus , in fact , has done nothing more than deliver a forged letter . |
| 8 | Every time she saw him again after an absence she stood aside humbly , expecting him at last to have reached the age when she was an embarrassment , expecting him to shuffle his feet and colour and do no more than extend a cool hand , and she would have held none of this against him . |