Example sentences of "not [vb infin] more than [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which will become apparent , I will not provide more than a brief overview of this approach . |
| 2 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |
| 3 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 4 | Your call should not cost more than a first class stamp . |
| 5 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 6 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 7 | Books can be sold on their jackets to impulse buyers who may well not read more than a few pages once they have bought them . |
| 8 | The rest of this book will not produce more than a flawed account of some of the arguments that have been advanced both concerning the physical and moral nature of God ( because even if a God existed , there is still the question of whether we should worship Him or rebel against Him ) . |
| 9 | Although this Arrowana is relatively cheap when young , I would not recommend more than the single specimen in an aquarium of this size . |
| 10 | Central party funds could not pay more than a tiny proportion of the total cost of running a local association in every constituency ; not paying the piper they were unable to call the tune . |
| 11 | Space does not allow more than a cursory examination of the evidence , but one can illustrate its value , and the problems of using it , by looking at the question of how the balance of England 's exports changed . |
| 12 | 13.2.2.3 the giving of such consent shall not involve more than the minimum delay which is necessary to protect commercial interests . |
| 13 | Go on ; but do n't stay more than a few minutes . ’ |
| 14 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 15 | If you want more , go inland ; if you can get by with less , stay in the city ; if you do n't need more than a square foot or so , go to the islands . |
| 16 | I still ca n't call more than the initial letter to mind . ’ |
| 17 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 18 | It does n't seem more than a few months since I was knitting clothes for her dolls — and now — ’ She held up her needles , speared through the left front of a pearly-white matinée jacket . |
| 19 | My son did n't live more than a few hours , but I can feel for the parents of that little girl . |
| 20 | At one time , you could n't travel more than a half day across Ireland without coming across the Draoicht Suan in one form or another . |
| 21 | Such large bombs are rather exceptional , though ; most are well under a metre across , and do n't travel more than a few tens of metres from the vent . |