Example sentences of "[be] never [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And there were never more than a few dozen ringleaders , ’ Bob Mather , a local butcher , tells me . |
| 2 | For us , the Sixties were never more than a distant rumour overheard on Radio Caroline . |
| 3 | Taking the lead against the coalition was a small but implacable group of diehards ; they were never more than a few dozen in the Commons and , although they attracted shifting support on particular issues , they never threatened the coalition majority . |
| 4 | In fact over the 1950s the Tories never won as much as half of the popular vote , and were never more than a few percentage points ahead of Labour — percentage points which are nonetheless crucial within the British electoral system . |
| 5 | Occupation is never more than a shorthand for allocating social class , which leaves out other key dimensions : your education , or the house you live in , for instance . |
| 6 | Throughout the day-long fair , there was never less than a queue of about a dozen . |
| 7 | UP UNTIL Mind Bomb it was easy to see why Matt Johnson had never toured The The during its 10-year life span : the group was never more than a shifting collection of session players and ‘ guests ’ , songs so devoted to doom and gloom limited audiences to Exit members , the lunacy of the extended format Infected video implied visions far beyond the confines of the stage , and an inflated sense of his own worth would have made the risk of failure too great . |
| 8 | Our hard-chasing Mercedes 300 24v photographic car was never more than a rapidly disappearing spot in the Cobra 's mirror . |
| 9 | She was never more than a light comedy performer who made a virtue of her acting limitations by being amusing as she demonstrated them . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Train fares and free board and lodging were offered , plus pocket money ‘ where necessary ’ , but this was never more than a pound a week . |
| 12 | Ulster was never more than a facet of it . |
| 13 | Easy to say that the Movement was never more than a journalistic invention — the more so since its principals were ( almost certainly ) never together in one room . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The UBC was never more than a small minority of the parliamentary party , with a general attendance of about forty , and its influence was more a result of its being first in the field of opposition , than of its numbers or its members " economic power . |
| 17 | The Akrokorinth dominates the Isthmus region , and it is one reason why Aratos ' home city of Sikyon just west of Corinth was never more than a second-rate power . |
| 18 | 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 . |