Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pipe tiny balls of pastry onto the prepared baking sheets , or not more than ½ × 5ml/tsp mounds if you do not have a piping bag . |
| 2 | It is not a bad plan to have a positive rule that not more than , say , six cases shall be cited on each side . |
| 3 | It was the reaction to the evidence that women were the equals , if not more than the equals , of men in sexual responsiveness and capacity . |
| 4 | If not more than half , ’ she added heavily . |
| 5 | This also implies , as recognized by the community development activists of the 1970s and their inheritors the ‘ local socialists ’ , that poverty is a political condition as much if not more than a social or economic one . |
| 6 | I do n't care , Morrissey is still wonderful and I still love him as much , if not more than I used to . |
| 7 | Many teenage farm workers ' sons are soon earning as much as , if not more than , their fathers , and not surprisingly they soon demand the independence from parental authority which their economic independence confers . |
| 8 | The American view of neutralisation in the Third World will continue to determine the efficacy of this concept for the resolution or limitation of conflict as much if not more than the Soviet view . |
| 9 | Whereas organized religion was never well organized , and often ran contrary to commercial interests , it had been forced to pay lip service , if not more than that , to the idea that there was a place in the scheme of.things for the least among us . |
| 10 | Merchants believe there is a psychological barrier at £3 , and although the wild swing in European exchange rates has pushed many French and German wines out of this bracket , most New World economies are suffering as much as if not more than ours , leading to a continued supply of cheap , good quality wine . |
| 11 | I mean once upon a time nothing was , but I 've spent two and a half thousand pound if not more since I 've been off work . |
| 12 | ‘ If the pelargoniums were overwintered in their old containers then it is best to remove them , shake off much of the old potting compost from the roots and repot in fresh compost — moderately heavy , with good drainage but not more than one-quarter peat or other organic matter . |
| 13 | His contribution was professional , but not more than that , within the limited scope available . |
| 14 | Ordinary mortals , however , can visit the area overland by a two-mile circular walk from Bullpot Farm that will give them a hint — but not more than a hint — of the marvels beneath their feet and an appreciation of the bravery of the adventurers who dare to descend from the safety and assurance of daylight into a nether world of total and perpetual blackness . |
| 15 | ‘ I do , yes , oh , I do love you , but not more than Tess . |
| 16 | 7.4 Payment of insurance rent The Tenant shall pay the Insurance Rent on the date of this Lease for the period from and including the Rent Commencement Date to the day before the next policy renewal date and subsequently the Tenant shall pay the Insurance Rent on demand ( if so demanded ) in advance [ but not more than [ months ] in advance of the policy renewal date It is obviously advisable that the tenant should not pay the insurance rent too far in advance of the policy renewal date . |
| 17 | So I am desiring , though not more than half expecting , a letter tomorrow morning to hear how you spend your day , & , because you were certainly happy , in what ways you directed your happiness . |
| 18 | This was probably an exceptional count , as not more than 50–60 have been noted there during estuary counts since 1967 , but gatherings of 60 to 100 are regular now in several places along the coast , for example Bognor pier , and 150 were recorded in the Rye area in the winter of 1972/3 . |