Example sentences of "hardly more [subord] a " in BNC.

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1 Diderot is hardly more than a name .
2 The thought was scarcely born before James Lambert himself appeared , hardly more than a shadow in the dusk , but unmistakable as he walked past the pile of kegs .
3 Until 1981 she was a virtually unknown architect , hardly more than a student .
4 One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’
5 It was very small , hardly more than a box room , with a single high window .
6 Hardly more than a village , the latter possessed no more wealth than any sizeable one and no distinctive characteristics ; most of the population of the huge parish was scattered among hamlets , locally called ‘ yelds ’ , which showed few signs of industrial growth .
7 It was hardly more than a flicker in the eyes , but suddenly Ruth felt she glimpsed Adam again , her own brother , looking out at her desperately .
8 Hardly more than a boy , in fact .
9 Now , with hardly more than a month of 1920 remaining , they were being honoured with the presence of the JNF 's top secretary , who would make the final arrangements , tie up the loose ends , perhaps name the day .
10 The gates to this were kept permanently locked but there was a less conspicuous entrance , hardly more than a mud road , amongst the trees a hundred yards along .
11 The moon was hardly more than a pale sliver , and surely not enough to see by .
12 Alina peered toward the lake , which was hardly more than a sliver on the horizon .
13 The girl who answered was just that — hardly more than a girl .
14 The inquest was hardly more than a formality , the verdict an inevitability .
15 And in that silence a whisper , hardly more than a breath : ‘ Isabelle 's daughter . ’
16 Anna 's reply came out as hardly more than a whisper .
17 Charles outlived him by hardly more than a year : his life was thus in a sense overshadowed by Louis , constantly subject to fraternal political pressure , his kingdom twice fraternally-invaded , his ultimate imperial plans beset by fraternal rivalry .
18 Ermold 's final section covering the reception of the Danes at Ingelheim was written within hardly more than a year of the event , and with an explicit purpose : every detail was calculated to please Louis and Judith in 827 .
19 It was not much of a town — hardly more than a village .
20 A diplomat who spent most of his working life in foreign capitals could easily feel himself part of an aristocratic international to which national feeling was hardly more than a vulgar plebeian prejudice .
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