Example sentences of "be no [adj -er] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're no better than a Hitler . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ For goodness ’ sake , Shae , ’ she muttered into the darkness , ‘ you 're no better than the rest of them — you 're being betrayed by a longing that 's nothing more than physical . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're no better than the reporters ! |
| 4 | ‘ You 're no worse than the rest , ’ says my instructor , offering one small crumb of comfort . |
| 5 | The pulse-receiver would have been no larger than a matchbox , probably receiving on something like 72.15 megahertz a signal sent from a small transmitter . |
| 6 | Orcs vary in height and their physical appearance more than humans — some are no taller than a man but most are substantially larger and the biggest Orcs stand well over seven feet tall . |
| 7 | If we forget these differences , then we are no better than the bullies who figure so prominently in this book . |
| 8 | Of course the problems of distinguishing F from C , goat from sheep , are no worse than the problems teachers were faced with for years , when they had to separate O level candidates from those who would work for CSE . |
| 9 | Most are no larger than the palm of a man 's hand , but even spiders this small can have a deadly poisonous bite . |
| 10 | They are no dimmer than the spirits of men and children . |
| 11 | Well it , I mean let's face it it is n't gon na be no bigger than a clock is it ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Canadian provisions would seem to be no better than the English in this respect . |
| 14 | However , they will receive an additional £200 increment on their allowance so that the maximum loss to a basic rate taxpayer aged 65 and over will be no greater than the loss to a basic rate taxpayer — £61 a year — aged under 65 . |
| 15 | Ideally the accumulated paint layers should be no thicker than the masking tape itself . |
| 16 | Time runs from the date of the breach , which will probably be no later than the date of the publication of the decision . |
| 17 | Communication should be mainly through the central command and control centre which may be no larger than the project leader and his small personal staff as may be a group of heads of sub-systems or both . |
| 18 | Those People treated me as if I were no better than an animal . |
| 19 | Picking up the axe as though it were no heavier than a bread-knife , Jos indicated the unsplit wood . |
| 20 | By 1948 , although living standards in general were no higher than a decade previously , the average domestic consumer was using twice as much electricity as then , but paying only half as much for it per kWh in real terms . |
| 21 | You were no worse than the rest of them . |
| 22 | The heads of these children were no larger than the heads of matchsticks . |
| 23 | Both concluded that the families of educated women were no smaller than the average . |
| 24 | The digital AC motor speed controller is no bigger than a filofax . |
| 25 | And even if I did have and had a mustard seed here , you still would n't be able to see it for a mustard seed is no bigger than a pin head . |
| 26 | A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself . |
| 27 | " However you look at it , the whole thing is no better than a bucket shop , " he said . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the most highly automated programme of language teaching is no better than the material it contains ; it is what we put into it that determines the quality of the automation . |
| 29 | This has the worst reputation of any ‘ creepy-crawly ’ in the public imagination , and yet its bite , which is extremely rare , is no worse than a bee sting . |
| 30 | It is Easter weekend in Paris and , while his wife is away , middle-aged Jacques ( Stephen Moore ) brings home Julie , a sexy little bimbo played by Leslie Ash in a mini-skirt that is no broader than a cummerbund . |