Example sentences of "be no [adj] than [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | They 're no more than extensions of their machines , hands to do the computer 's will . |
2 | They are no bigger than grains of rice . |
3 | The purist will point out that every aircraft accident results from human error of some kind ; even the most complex technical failure has its origin in the work of a designer , manufacturer or maintenance engineer somewhere , and so-called ‘ acts of God ’ such as structural failure in extreme turbulence beyond the limits of airworthiness criteria are no more than failures of airworthiness engineers to assess the limits correctly . |
4 | What is strange about this is that phonemes are no more than elements of meaning but kinship terms also represent real relationships lived by people . |
5 | All right , it may be said , to say ‘ I know ’ and ‘ I remember ’ and ‘ I hope ’ is to do something ; but nevertheless there are some utterances which are no more than expressions of mental states , namely when the mental states in question are simply sensations , such as aches and pains . |
6 | ‘ Punishment ’ may be no more than withdrawal of rewards . |
7 | All these may be no more than attempts of testing control while there may be an underlying awareness that all is not well . |
8 | Or they may be no more than symptoms of a chemical fault in the consciousness-generator , and of no greater significance than that . |
9 | He 'd have to say yes , because he 's sorry for us , I heard him tell Richard we were no better than waifs of the storm , and we should ruin the upholstery , and be taking advantage of his kindness . " |
10 | Heartened by the thought that all the rumblings within her were no more than spasms of ill-digested curry , she walked out from the Khyber fort that was her home , and with my father beside her , tapped her chilblains to the pipes of the Black Watch and admired the wild Pathans cleaning their rifles high on the hillside . |
11 | Often the timbers were no more than columns of sort of dampish dust because they had n't been able to breathe in this kind of brick envelope . |
12 | The earliest stations were no more than collections of weatherboard huts , similar to a contemporary group of stores . |
13 | Of the others — and this is no more than reportage of answers to the question - the ambulance services emerge reasonably well , in that they allow service by right of assessment . |