Example sentences of "for [art] more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was so daft she would have laughed except for the Captain 's searing glance , which rested for no more than a second on her before returning to burn into Midnight as he breathed : |
| 2 | She resisted for no more than a second , then joined him in the secret dark underneath . |
| 3 | To begin with it is best to keep the adults for no more than a day , then let them free . |
| 4 | The peoples of these republics are overwhelmingly Muslim ( mostly Sunni ) by religion , and their traditional customs and values , with which their religion is inextricably bound up , have been altered relatively little by the experience of Russian and Soviet rule , which has in fact lasted for no more than a century or so ( most of what is now Soviet Central Asia came under Russian control in the second half of the nineteenth century ) . |
| 5 | Though he had been in the district for no more than a week , he felt he knew it well . |
| 6 | Except that there was no way Third World countries could develop that fast : there was room for no more than a handful of South Koreas or Singapores , ready to beat the West at its own game . |
| 7 | But he hesitated for no more than a moment before stepping inside and when the door was closed he took refuge in clowning . |