Example sentences of "no [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tiny black wallet no bigger than a child 's hand . |
| 2 | ‘ What seems now a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand could turn out to be yet another inflationary and political storm for a government that could do without either . ’ |
| 3 | In time , a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand produced a thunderstorm . |
| 4 | The haustorium penetrates no deeper than the host 's epidermal cell layer in most species , and the fungus obtains its nutrients from this sheet of living cells . |
| 5 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 6 | Perpendicular without intermission , taking steps of the same length at the same intervals , their arms hanging useless and helpless they were no better than trussed chickens but for their faces which , even in repose , suggested movement no less than a bird 's wings … . |
| 7 | It is a phenotype , no less than the beaver 's teeth and tail , and it has evolved under the influence of Darwinian selection . |
| 8 | But the villagers regarded the new name as no more than a foreigner 's eccentric fancy which they were under no obligation either to use or recognise . |
| 9 | Pleasure can be no more than a gourmet 's appreciation for delicacies , whereas a happy person can readily settle for a much simpler diet . |
| 10 | However gifted , a theatre director is no more than a metteur en scène . |
| 11 | Looking backwards , the ways of the men and women of the countryside in the mid-nineteenth century seem fixed in an ancient tradition changing , if at all , at no more than a snail 's pace . |
| 12 | Nearly three months have passed … by now a relieving force may be no more than a day 's march away , and yet you 're prepared to mortgage away your future lives as if they did not exist ! |
| 13 | Driver Helen Challoner who was passed by bike and car estimated their speed at around a hundred mills an hour and said there was no more than a car 's length between them . |
| 14 | Anna stood up facing him , with no more than a hand 's breadth between them . |
| 15 | It was barely more than a flash impression and the man was turning and the light was n't at all good ; and besides , he pretty much resembled a pig anyway , so the effect was probably no more than a moment 's mistake . |
| 16 | Some physicians devalue dietary therapy for Type 2 diabetes by either commencing oral therapy concomitantly with diet or by giving diet alone no more than a month 's trial . |
| 17 | At one time it was assumed that the best approach was one of stealth and caution , particularly as the most productive place to fish was invariably no more than a rod 's length away from your own bank . |
| 18 | If his body jerked when he was struck again , and fatally , it was no more than an instant 's convulsion . |
| 19 | Nenna had no more than an animal 's sense of direction and distance , but it seemed to her that the right thing to do would be to try to reach the City , then , once she got to Blackfriars , she knew where the river was , and though that would be Lambeth Reach or King 's Reach , a long way downstream of the boats , still , once she had got to the river she would be on the way home . |
| 20 | The appointment of Oleg Lobov , a former construction engineer and close friend of Mr Yeltsin , as a deputy prime minister responsible for the economy had shifted the balance of power within the government towards the Gosplan-types , who favour a return to central planning and tend to dismiss budget deficits as no more than an accountant 's fancy . |
| 21 | When they were gone and he was alone with the field supervisor , Bergson came across and stood there , no more than an arm 's length from the man . |
| 22 | They ignored each other in death , though sometimes they crouched no more than an arm 's reach away from each other , even touching as they slipped on the ice . |
| 23 | Although he could see no more than the man 's black outline , he sensed it was a rival he was moving towards , one who saw himself as having rights in the moor , even rights of possession over it . |
| 24 | Burun cursed , and Rostov saw that the straw circle had been moved back and turned sideways so that it was no wider than a man 's forearm . |
| 25 | To make sure , he altered his usual route , ducking down alleys no wider than a donkey 's girth , slipping across little squares where five ways met . |