Example sentences of "no more than [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | I decided that she had never really liked Richard and wrote her an angry letter attacking a Labour politician I knew she particularly admired , saying he did not care for Socialist principles and was no more than a cunning man who would do anything for power . |
| 62 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 63 | But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar . |
| 64 | I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels , but if I have no love my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell . |
| 65 | Superficially such a resolution might appear to have been no more than a minimum concession by the Federation in response to the seamen 's involvement in a wave of strikes by transport workers which had reverberated around the ports of Britain in the previous summer — an undertaking that it would withdraw its " ticket " if the union would do the same , so that neither side would attempt to control the supply of seamen and free labour disputes would cease . |
| 66 | At first it moved at no more than a lumbering trot , but by the time it was halfway up the street it was moving arrow-fast … |
| 67 | The CGT , for instance , has regarded collective bargaining as no more than a temporary measure of the balance of power between management and unions , enabling the union to obtain the best negotiating results for wage-earners at a given point in time ( Goetschy , 1983 ) . |
| 68 | Vienna Dear Fräulein , I hope and believe the sad condition you describe is no more than a temporary fantasy . |
| 69 | Although upon return to Canada for what might prove to be no more than a temporary visit the mother 's situation might be unsatisfactory and she might suffer discomfort or perhaps even hardship , there is no evidence that there is a risk , let alone a great one , that the child 's return would place him in a situation which is intolerable . |
| 70 | On waking , it occurred to her with renewed conviction that the experience of two days before might have been no more than a temporary aberration of an exhausted mind . |
| 71 | Philistinism is rife , and it is high time for some loud restatement of the old conservationist maxim that ownership is no more than a temporary rental on the nation 's heritage . |
| 72 | But this was no more than a temporary reversal in the most savage onslaught from England which the Scots had ever experienced . |
| 73 | However , they are no more than a first stage . |
| 74 | Among the estate 's residents , the fact that several people have been charged or convicted of offences against the Ks cuts no ice : the estate version is that what took place was no more than a personal vendetta , between Ramesh K and the man who broke his nose . |
| 75 | Yet Gemma had shown no more than a polite interest in Almsmead while Linnet , who was very dear but not Gemma , after all , had positively thrown herself into all the excitements of housebuilding and furnishing , taking to Far Flatley as if she had been born there . |
| 76 | Still , it helped a little , numbing-his anger until it was no more than a controlled resentment . |
| 77 | Cantona claimed the equaliser to disprove accusations that he 's no more than a ball-juggling circus act . |
| 78 | Even in 1824 , André Jullien rated the ‘ light and agreeable but weak wines ’ of Beaumont-sur-Vesle no more than a fifth growth in his five-tier ranking of Champagne . |
| 79 | The external arrogance or bonhomie of the primary sufferer may be no more than a fearful mask . |
| 80 | Happily , these include some of the most desperate cases , like Borringdon , a once-magnificent Elizabethan house outside Plymouth which was no more than a gutted shell clinging to a precipice , but today is a comfortable country house hotel . |
| 81 | The deadly dyke , from the air , was no more than a dark line , rather like rough grass or the aftermath of drainage work . |
| 82 | With a brief nod , as though she were no more than a casual acquaintance , he closed the door . |
| 83 | But at 30 Hick was not given the benefit of the doubt when lbw to a Cairns ball which had no more than a 50–50 chance of hitting the top of the leg stump . |
| 84 | Lukic charged out and seemed to hit him in what was no more than a 50–50 challenge . |
| 85 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 86 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 87 | Without warning , Weissman and his audience found themselves separated by no more than a cardboard partition from a noisy meeting of a local school maintenance workers ' union , voting not to end its strike . |
| 88 | They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track . |
| 89 | That 's asking an awful lot of people who seek no more than a relaxing pint or two , or more especially when the Bishop pulls the first pint of the day . |
| 90 | They managed to part that night with no more than a friendly kiss , but the following evening when Mrs Wallington again went early to bed was more difficult . |