Example sentences of "never [det] than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Train fares and free board and lodging were offered , plus pocket money ‘ where necessary ’ , but this was never more than a pound a week . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ulster was never more than a facet of it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | What some of us have come to expect from Jack Charlton can not always be adequately defined : obdurate , quick-tempered , argumentative but unfailingly loyal and never less than a man . |
| 9 | Throughout the day-long fair , there was never less than a queue of about a dozen . |