Example sentences of "was never [det] than [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the day-long fair , there was never less than a queue of about a dozen . |
| 2 | In fact what the same tabloid , in a characteristic retreat into prudery , terms ‘ the sexual act ’ was never more than a terminus ad quem for us . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Train fares and free board and lodging were offered , plus pocket money ‘ where necessary ’ , but this was never more than a pound a week . |
| 5 | Patronage was a vital tool of management , but it was never more than a tool , and it was one which was not generally employed in the form of direct bribery . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ulster was never more than a facet of it . |
| 8 | He was never more than the creature of Mr Andreotti 's key fixer , Vittorio ‘ The Shark ’ Sbardella . |
| 9 | Picasso did not take to Beatrice , but her column two weeks later benefited : ‘ By the way ’ , she wrote , ‘ M. Picasso is painting a portrait of M. Max Jacob in a style , the mere rumour of which is causing all the little men to begin to say that , of course , Cubism was all very well in its way , but was never more than an experiment . |