Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] less [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their games are , in fact , nothing more or less than a rehearsal prior to the performance of the activities which are the serious business of all the members of the Gikuyu tribe . |
| 2 | The commissions are to strive to ensure that no constituency varies from this quota by more or less than a quarter of it . |
| 3 | Impressive as it is , however , Dame Edna 's show is no more or less than a star vehicle . |
| 4 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 5 | In early studies it was called the residual — as such , it had more direct meaning , being no more nor less than a bundle of factors which can not be quantified individually . |
| 6 | That the advertisement had been in a church magazine was , for my grandfather , sufficient guarantee of respectability , but when the boys arrived in the great city even their inexperience could not hide from them the fact that the respectable lodging was nothing more nor less than a brothel . |
| 7 | Nagaland 's United Legislature Front ( ULF ) government led by K. L. Chisi collapsed on June 13 after less than a month in office [ see p. 37452 for formation of ULF government from a coalition of Congress ( I ) defectors and the Nagaland People 's Council — NPC ] . |
| 8 | At lower birth orders , however , the risk of a still birth seems to be greater if less than a year elapsed since the previous birth , although there are two few cases in most birth order groups to make this finding statistically significant . |