Example sentences of "never [det] than [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | He liked to boast that , in central London , he was never more than a couple of hundred yards from some club , institution or association of which he was a member and which could provide , at the very least , a roof in a rainstorm . |
2 | Ulster was never more than a facet of it . |
3 | The ability of the politician to provide patronage , of whatever nature , was never more than a tool of management , and however useful it might be to the man who could supply it , patronage in itself did not remove the need for active and continuous management of the voters included within the interest . |
4 | He was never more than the creature of Mr Andreotti 's key fixer , Vittorio ‘ The Shark ’ Sbardella . |
5 | Throughout the day-long fair , there was never less than a queue of about a dozen . |