Example sentences of "not be more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tories had been in power for twelve years already , and a general election could not be more than a year away . |
| 2 | In Kaiser ( An Infant ) v Carlswood Glassworks Ltd ( 1965 ) 109 SJ 537 it was said that reports should not be more than a year old , but six months is probably safer . |
| 3 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 4 | But he thought it could not be more than a couple of days . |
| 5 | who thereupon took the road to heterodoxy in his disappointment : this can not be more than a fragment of the story . |
| 6 | Even if the committee agree to a grant , it ca n't be more than a couple of thousand — not enough to keep you going for a few months . |