Example sentences of "never [be] more than a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Can it be that without the accompanying ‘ form ’ of the lessons of the past , of which memory is a vital part , ‘ freedom ’ can never be more than a fragile short-lived luxury ? |
2 | Napoleon III had no intention of allowing this to happen and so he determined that the Court should never be more than a set-piece , a backdrop in front of which the principal figures of the regime could be seen to advantage . |
3 | Some cardiologists complained that the heart could never be more than a temporary remedy and that the money spent on the research could be better used for drug therapies and other techniques . |
4 | You may have known someone else for twenty years and yet he will never be more than a casual acquaintance . |
5 | There will never be more than a stray shower ; the waves will never be more than three feet high , with a scattering of white horses when the breeze runs into double figures . |