Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [art] [adj] than 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It could be no more than a foot wide . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | This may be no more than a judgement of which line on a graduated scale a movable needle is nearest to . |
| 14 | Although urinary incontinence may be no more than a nuisance in some women , for many it is far more troublesome . |
| 15 | The external arrogance or bonhomie of the primary sufferer may be no more than a fearful mask . |
| 16 | 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 : |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Estimates of the number of fluent speakers vary , but there may be no more than a few hundred thousand . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A dozen flying machines and their pilots would be no more than a blip on a piece of magnetic tape . |
| 23 | Assessment would be no more than a subjective judgement of how well the student could perform specific DTP tasks . |
| 24 | Without them , the book would be no more than a splenetic rant ; with them come glimmers of compassion and even humanity to balance the pyrotechnics of loathing . |
| 25 | He might be kind , gentle even , but his words would be no more than a courteous cloak of indifference ; for had n't she now joined the ranks of women who wanted him ? |
| 26 | Some said there would be no more than a brief lull to refurbish and reprovision , and then another attempt ; others maintained that the troops would be paid off — if they were so lucky as to be paid ! — and disbanded from Shrewsbury , for it was too late in the year now to favour an invasion . |
| 27 | Mr claims that this is merely of local importance and at the end of the day twenty years from now or twenty five years from now whenever this the application is imp is implemented and and completed that it would be no more than a replica of er natural features within the Vale of York . |
| 28 | As Lord Tedder , the Chief of the Air Staff , had insisted earlier , without nuclear weapons of her own Britain would be no more than a temporary American advanced base in a major war . |
| 29 | It would be a gesture , I think , by Councillors of recognition that hardship is erm perhaps being endured and that they should share in it , but it would be no more than a gesture . |
| 30 | However , this is all rather analytical and intellectual ; and if we ourselves can only function on this rational level , our communication with horses will be no better than a tourist who needs a phrase book or dictionary in a foreign country . |